Prosecutors determined that a toddler was unaware of a 69-year-old West Virginia man exposing himself in front of the child.

That determination by Assistant District Attorney Ben Simon led to William Ferrari's original charge of felony corruption of minors to be reduced to a misdemeanor count of recklessly endangering another person.

Ferrari pleaded guilty to the reduced charge Tuesday and was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCune to one year of probation.

During the hearing, Simon stressed that the victim's mother consented to the reduced charge.

He said the boy was asleep at the time and didn't take notice when Ferrari stood in front of him on a bed with his pants open in March 2019.

Joseph Kecskemethy, Ferrari's lawyer, told the court that psychologists evaluated Ferrari and determined no sex crime was committed.

“After speaking with the family, we agreed this was the appropriate resolution,” Simon said.

According to the affidavit of probable cause, state police Trooper Kevin Goss was assigned a ChildLine report initially received by the Butler County District Attorney's Office in March 2019.

The victim's mother told authorities she discovered Ferrari allegedly standing in front her son on a bed with his pants open.

“He hurriedly tried to fix his pants and pull his zipper back up,” the woman said in charging documents.

When she questioned him, Ferrari reportedly said, “I don't know? This is all on me.”