A 34-year-old Hutchinson area man arrested on child sex charges back in October may heading towards entering a plea in the case
As it stands now, Michael Gimple faces charges of electronic solicitation and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child for allegedly trying to entice a 15-year-old girl into a sexual act through texting. He’s also alleged to have exchanged nude photos with the girl, and also engaged in video chats where they would watch each other performing sexual acts. The alleged crimes occurring between August 16 and October 5.
If convicted of all the charges, Gimple could be looking a maximum of 247-months for the electronic solicitation charge and a maximum of 136-months on each of the other two charges.
His bond set at 50-thousand dollars and he is scheduled for court Monday where he may enter a plea in the case.