A 28-year-old Nelson resident charged with sex-related felonies involving a juvenile in 2020 changed his plea in court on November 20 and is due to be sentenced Monday, January 4.

A probable-cause statement says on March 28, the victim expressed to her mother that she was experiencing physical discomfort from inappropriate sexual acts. The girl later described the incident in explicit details to a child-safe investigator.

Court documents say Kenneth Dean Nease II withdrew his not-guilty plea that he entered on July 13 and pleaded guilty to a Class A Felony for Child Molestation in the First Degree; and an Unclassified Felony for Sodomy or Attempted Sodomy in the First Degree.

Nease, who was scheduled to have a two-day jury trial in February, is scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m. at Saline County Circuit Court.