A Butler County court judge sentenced a man Wednesday to two years of probation for abusing a mentally handicapped man.

But the father of the victim asked the judge to send James J. Styen, 21, of Butler to prison, and criticized prosecutors for a lack of notifications in two related cases.

Styen was originally charged in March with “strikes, shoves, kicks or attempts/threatens care-dependent person” and simple assault.

Styen was one of three people who were charged with assaulting the victim at Lifesteps, a medical care facility in Summit Township. The three were aides at the facility.

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