A Michigan man pled guilty to obscenity charges on Wednesday in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court.
Timothy Kiester, 61, pleaded guilty to two charges of pandering obscenity involving a child or impaired person, both second- and fourth-degree felonies, and one count of illegal use of a minor or impaired person in nudity-oriented material or performance, a fifth-degree felony.
Prosecutors dropped twelve felony charges in exchange for Kiester’s guilty plea.
The plea change came three weeks after prosecutors charged Kiester and a Cecil man with scores of obscenity-related charges involving minors or the inebriated.
The court ordered a pre-sentence probe before Keister’s May 21 sentencing hearing.