A 34-year-old Hutchinson area man arrested on child sex charges a week ago was back in court Wednesday morning for the reading of formal charges against him.

Michael Gimple faces charges of electronic solicitation and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child for allegedly trying to entice a 15-year-old girl into a sexual act through texting. He is also alleged to have exchanged nude photos with the girl, and also engaged in video chats where they would watch each other performing sexual acts. The alleged crimes occurring between August 16 and October 5.

If convicted, Gimple could be looking a maximum of 247-months for the electronic solicitation charge and a maximum of 136-months on each of the other two charges.

His bond set at 50-thousand dollars and his case moves to a waiver-status docket on October 30, in front of Judge Joe McCarville.