News Photo by Julie Riddle Tony Parris, right, speaks to his attorney, Ron Bayot, during a hearing in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court on Monday.

ALPENA ― A man who admitted to having sex with a child numerous times over several years will spend 12 to 50 years in prison.

Tony Parris, 33, pleaded guilty last month to sexual assault of a minor as part of a plea agreement stating Alpena County Prosecutor Cynthia Muszynski would recommend no more than 12 years’ incarceration.

Parris’s first-degree sexual assault charges could have led to a minimum 25-year sentence.

Muszynski reached the plea agreement in consultation with the survivor in the case, she told the court.

The News does not identify survivors of sexual assault without their permission.

Judge Ed Black, adhering to the sentencing agreement at a Monday sentencing hearing, said efforts by Parris to hide his actions from his family made the judge the angriest he’d been on the bench.

Parris, a former Wilson Township firefighter dismissed from the position at the time of his arrest, could remain in prison up to 50 years. He will register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.