A North Baltimore man will spend five years in prison for sexual conduct with a 13-year-old girl.
David T. Powell, 25, changed his plea on Friday morning and was found guilty of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Powell appeared before Judge Alan Mayberry. Through a negotiated plea agreement, the charge was amended to a third-degree felony, which was dropped from the original second-degree felony charge. The agreement stipulated the prosecution drop a specification regarding his March 2011 conviction for a similar crime in Wood County Common Pleas Court.
Heather Baker, an assistant Wood County prosecuting attorney, told Mayberry that had the case gone to trial, the necessary witnesses would have testified that Powell had sexual relations with the teen last April 5 resulting in her pregnancy. Though she did not carry the baby to term, paternity tests determined that Powell was the father.
David T. Powell, 25, changed his plea on Friday morning and was found guilty of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor.
Powell appeared before Judge Alan Mayberry. Through a negotiated plea agreement, the charge was amended to a third-degree felony, which was dropped from the original second-degree felony charge. The agreement stipulated the prosecution drop a specification regarding his March 2011 conviction for a similar crime in Wood County Common Pleas Court.
Heather Baker, an assistant Wood County prosecuting attorney, told Mayberry that had the case gone to trial, the necessary witnesses would have testified that Powell had sexual relations with the teen last April 5 resulting in her pregnancy. Though she did not carry the baby to term, paternity tests determined that Powell was the father.