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Andrew Green leaves County Court after his arraignment March 28, 2016.

(Douglass Dowty | ddowty@syracuse.com)

Andrew Green

Syracuse, NY -- A 50-year-old Air Force colonel pleaded guilty today to the non-forcible rape of a 15-year-old girl in DeWitt.

Andrew Green, of Jamesville, admitted that he had sex with the underage girl in May 2015. He had been charged with having sex with the girl three times in DeWitt and Manlius.

He will be sentenced in January to 6 months in jail and 9 1/2 years of probation.

Green told Syracuse.com after court that he regretted what he'd done. "I'm very sorry for the pain and hurt I caused the victim and her family," he said. "And my family."

Green had been division chief at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome before being reassigned during the investigation.

He will retire before going to jail. Sentencing is set for Jan. 9, 2017. He remains free on $5,000 bail until then.

Brunetti noted that Green could face up to 4 years in prison if he doesn't appear at sentencing.