By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post
An Ellis County man pleaded guilty to a pair of child sex crimes Tuesday in Ellis County District Court.
Christopher Leroy Boese, 20, Hays pleaded guilty to criminal sodomy and electronic solicitation of a minor. Both are level-three person felonies.
According to court documents, Boese was accused of having sex with a 14-year-old on Dec. 29, 2019. Boese used Snapchat to message and set up the encounter with the girl he believed to be 15.
As a result of the plea agreement, prosecutors dropped a potential rape or an alternative count of aggravated indecent liberties.
Based on Boese’s criminal history, he faced 100 months, or 8 years and four years, in prison for the criminal sodomy conviction and 61 months or, 5 years and one month, in prison.
The plea agreement calls for Boese to be sentenced to 94 months, or seven years and 10 months, in prison for both convictions.
Court Services officials will conduct a criminal history investigation prior to sentencing to determine Boese’s criminal history.
Sentencing is set for later this year.