By RYAN MYERS, The Beaumont Enterprise
05/13/2008

A last-minute plea deal Monday likely will end a two-year constitutional rights saga involving forced surgical attempts to remove a bullet from the forehead of a Groves teen.

Joshua Adam Bush, 19, will be sentenced next month after pleading guilty Monday to two of the six felony charges he faced.

With a jury panel waiting in the hallway, Bush accepted a new plea deal from prosecutors, dismissing the remaining four charges and capping his punishment at 10 years in prison.

Had he gone to trial, Bush could have faced up to life in prison.

A report on the teen's background will be prepared before he is sentenced and the plea agreement is subject to final approval by Criminal District Court Judge John Stevens.

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