Tanner Nordhues pleaded no contest last week in Buffalo County District Court. A defendant does not admit guilt in a no-contest plea, but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to convict.
Police say Nordhues had sex with a 14-year-old girl last March and that a month earlier, he sent a 15-year-old girl sexually explicit images of himself.
Nordhues is set to be sentenced in May, when he faces up to 55 years in prison on the counts.
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