A Hutchinson man who allegedly used electronic equipment to make contact with what he thought was a 15-year-old girl for sexually explicits purposes entered a plea on Monday to attempted aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

34-year-old Edward Anthony Rodriguez had been charged with attempted indecent liberties with a child and 10-counts of electronic solicitation of a child for sending photos of himself to the child, some considered very graphic photos according to Police. He was also charged with one count of lewd and lascivious behavior. But, the state agreed to drop all those charges with the guilty plea for the indecent liberties count. He has also agreed to serve the time in prison when he is sentenced next month. He had been scheduled to be arraigned Monday on all the charges

The case revolves around the belief by Rodriguez that he was in contact by e-mail and text messaging with a 15-year-old girl. But, it was Police Detective Scott Carlton who he was communicating with. When he agreed to meet with what he thought was the 15-year-old at a Hutchinson home, he was met by detectives instead.

In court, it was brought up that the defendant says he believed he was having conversations with an 18-year-old, with that female at some point sending him at least one naked photo, but didn’t show a face and police became involved when that person came forward as a confidential informant. That occurred on June 22nd. Police then started making contact with Rodriguez around June 30 leading to the arrest around July 8.

Sentencing in the case is set for January 27, in front of Judge Tim Chambers.