A 34-year-old Hutchinson area man arrested on child sex charges back in October of last year, but entered pleas in the case is scheduled for sentencing Friday afternoon.
Michael Gimple entered “guilty” pleas to electronic solicitation and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child for trying to entice a 15-year-old girl into a sexual act through texting. He also 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, of last year.
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.
Gimple is scheduled for sentencing by Judge Joe McCarville. He remains jailed on a 50-thousand dollar bond.