( KNZA)--A Hiawatha man facing multiple sex and drug charges has entered into a plea agreement.

Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill said Jeremy Stover pleaded no contest Tuesday in Brown County District Court to three counts of sexual battery and three modified counts of buying sexual relations, which was previously known as prostitution.

In exchange for the plea, two additional counts were dismissed.

Sentencing was set for December 16.

Hill said the convictions on the sexual battery charges will require Stover to register as a sex offender for 15 years. At sentencing, he said the state will be free to ask for him to serve 12 months on each count. Hill said the victims' expressed their approval with the plea agreement, especially with the requirement that he will have to register as a sex offender for 15 years.

Stover was charged in February 2023 following an investigation by the Brown County Sheriff's Office.