A 37-year-old man living in Hutchinson and entered a guilty plea to blackmail is scheduled for sentencing Friday.

Harold Allen apparently took sexually explicit photos of his one time girlfriend while they were still dating. They then broke up, and he reportedly 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 3rd.

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.

Any sentence will be handed down by District Judge Tim Chambers.