HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Johnson County man convicted for alleged child sex crimes in Reno County will serve six years and six months in prison.

That was the sentence for 18-year-old Dakota Heaton by Judge Tim Chambers as part of a plea agreement between the state and the defense.

He was originally arrested on a warrant for the Reno County case and charged with two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The crimes occurred in Reno County in December of 2017.

However, Heaton entered a plea in July for two counts of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child because of the symptoms he suffers from Asperger’s syndrome.

The two 34-month sentences were the aggravated time he could receive under sentencing guidelines. Judge Chambers ran them consecutively.

The father of the victim spoke before sentencing and told the defendant that he stole their 6-year-old daughter’s innocence.

Once Heaton is released from prison, he’ll be on lifetime post-release supervision.