A 37-year-old man living in Hutchinson entered a guilty plea to blackmail Friday afternoon and will be sentenced April 26.

Harold Allen apparently took sexually explicit photos of his one time girlfriend while they were still dating. They then broke up, and he is alleged to have sent her text messages threatening to post those photos on the internet if she didn’t give him 750-dollars. That allegedly occurring on March 3, 2013.

Apparently arrangements were made for him to pick up the money in Carey Park and when he arrived, police were there and he was taken into custody.

Allen was convicted in Saline County of indecent liberties with a child 14-16 years old for a case back in 2001. He did serve the sentence and was paroled in Ellis County. He also had a juvenile adjudication for a aggravated burglary also from Saline County.

State argued against a defense request for an O-R, also known as a signature bond because of the prior convictions. The defense argued that the defendant is broke and wanted the 10-thousand dollar bond made as an O-R bond. Judge Tim Chambers split the difference between the two sides and reduced it to 5-thousand dollars.