The 25-year-old Hutchinson man arrested on child sex charges and found competent for the case to continue through the court system is scheduled to be in court Wednesday for a preliminary hearing.
Michael Wayne Stahl is charged with 4-counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two counts of electronic solicitation, and one count of attempted indecent liberties with a child. Two of the counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child are alternate counts to the other two, meaning the state has two different theories of the crimes charged.
Stahl is alleged to have been communicating with two 13-year-old girls through facebook and also by text. That apparently led to him meeting the girls and then the sexual encounters occurring.
Police became involved in the case when two reports were made to them and a detective then started communicating with Stahl. He posed as a 14-year-old girl. That led to Stahl showing up at an abandoned residence where thought he was meeting the 14-year-old, but met police instead.
The hearing is scheduled Wednesday afternoon in front of Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen, however as always, hearings are always subject to change.