A Butler man is accusing the Butler district attorney’s office and Children and Youth Services of conspiring to ensure he was falsely charged with raping a juvenile.

Dean Reges said Wednesday the prosecution and CYS disregarded a medical exam done at Butler Memorial Hospital that exonerated him.

“They found zero signs of physical abuse,” Reges said at the county commissioners meeting. “CYS pushed this.”

A copy of an apparent medical report verifies his statement.

Reges said in an interview that CYS pursued getting a second exam at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh because the agency didn’t like the first set of results.

According to documentation provided by Reges, the second exam found an anomaly that may or may not indicate physical trauma.

He accused CYS of purposely lying about not having the results from the first exam by a certain time to push for the second exam.

Joyce Ainsworth, CYS director, declined to respond to Reges’ comments or speak about CYS policy.

“I can’t comment at all about the case,” she said.

District Attorney Richard Goldinger also declined to comment.

Reges was never convicted. His 2010 case ended in a mistrial because the jury could not reach a decision.

He was subsequently offered Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD), which provides the opportunity for a criminal record to be expunged in some cases.

Reges said despite completing the ARD program, he still is treated unjustly, including limited visitation rights for his child, who was not involved in the assault case.

According to Reges, he accepted the ARD program because he could not afford to mount a legal defense a second time.

During an interview, Robert Reges, Dean Reges’ brother and retired U.S. Air Force medical operations manager, agreed his brother was not treated fairly.

“I believe there is collusion,” he said about CYS and the district attorney’s office.

Robert Reges said the credibility of the witnesses for the prosecution was called into question during the trial.

Commissioner Jim Eckstein supports the Reges brothers’ claims, accusing Ainsworth of maintaining a veil of secrecy.

“She’s trying to cover up the truth,” Eckstein said.

During the meeting Wednesday, county solicitor Mike English stressed the case was reviewed by the state Department of Public Welfare.

“There were no regulatory violations,” English said.

Robert Reges said the commissioners, who have oversight of CYS, have not addressed concerns about how his brother’s case was handled.

“The board hasn’t provided me an answer,” he said.

Aside from Eckstein’s accusations, the commissioners did not respond to the Reges’ complaints.

Robert Reges said he would continue fighting on behalf of his brother.

“This issue is not done,” he said.

Commissioner Bill McCarrier, board chairman, chided Eckstein for discussing a confidential matter publicly.

Butler County court is handling Dean Reges’ custody rights.

Tom Holman, deputy court administrator, did not comment on Reges’ case.

But Holman said a judge cannot consider altering visitation rights of a parent unless that parent’s attorney submits information, such as his client completing ARD, to the court.

“It’s driven by the attorneys,” he said in an interview.

Holman said successful completion of ARD could affect visitation rights.

“It may or may not,” he said. “It depends on what the attorneys present.”

Eckstein denied he took up Reges’ cause because of a grudge Eckstein has with Ainsworth, who filed a sexual discrimination complaint against him in 2012.

“By no means,” Eckstein said. “It makes no difference to me.”

The discrimination case was settled at the end of 2012 when the commissioners, against Eckstein’s wishes, agreed to undergo training in how to deal with employees.