(KMZA)--A Wetmore man has pleaded no contest to a charge of electronic solicitation of a child.

Nemaha County Brad Lippert said 53-year-old Edward Robidoux entered the plea last week in Nemaha County District Court.

He was convicted of electronically soliciting a child whom he believed to be under fourteen years of age to commit or submit to an unlawful sex act between October 26, 2023 and May 4th of this year.

Robidoux was arrested in May following an investigation by the Nemaha County Sheriff's Department.

Based on his criminal history, Lippert says Robidoux faces 147 to 165 months in prison when he's sentenced August 22.

He remains in the Nemaha County Jail, held on a $250,000 bond.