Crime & Safety
Santee Firearms Trainer Will Be Sentenced for Molesting 4 Teens on Wednesday
Tony Lee Burleson, who ran Burleson Academy in El Cajon, plead guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from the molestation of four teenage boys.
Sentencing is scheduled for Tony Burleson, a Santee firearms trainer who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the molestation of four teenage boys.
Burleson pleaded guilty last month to one felony count each of oral copulation on a person under 18, lewd act on a child, and sodomy on a person under 18, along with a misdemeanor count of sexual battery.
The defendant—who ran Burleson Academy, a firearms-instruction center on East Douglas Avenue in El Cajon—also was suspected of impersonating a peace officer on at least one occasion, according to San Diego police.
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—City News Service contributed to this report.
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