By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post
An 18 year-old from Stockton was found guilty of three child sex crimes Tuesday in Ellis County District Court.
Kevin J. Russell, 18, Stockton, pleaded no contest to three separate charges of indecent liberties with a child resulting from three different cases.
Russell was initially charged with seven counts for the three different incidents that happened on three separate days in December 2022.
According to court documents, Russell was charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two counts of indecent liberties with a child, two counts of aggravated battery, and criminal sodomy.
He was accused of fondling a child younger than the age of 14 and a 15-year-old child and having sex with a 15-year-old child between Dec. 11 and Dec. 23, 2022.
As a result of the plea agreement, four of the seven charges were dropped.
Ellis County District Court Judge Glenn Braun accepted the no contest pleas and found Russell guilty on the three counts of indecent liberties with a child, a level 5 person felony.
Russell faces between 34 and 31 months in prison for each charge, with a maximum of 102 months in prison if the three sentences are run consecutively.
According to the plea agreement, Russell can file a motion for durational departure and request the judge sentence him to probation in lieu of jail time. His attorney, Cheryl Stewart said Tuesday they will ask the judge for probation at sentencing.
As a result of the convictions, Russell will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Sentencing has been scheduled for August.