(KMZA)--A Sabetha teenager, facing charges in a child rape case, has entered into a plea agreement.

The Nemaha County Attorney's Office said 18-year-old Blake Bowser pleaded no contest Thursday in Nemaha County District Court to a felony count of contributing to a child's misconduct or deprivation.

In exhange for the plea, a charge of rape was dismissed.

Bowser was accused of engaging in sexual intercourse with a child under 14-years-old on July 24 of this year, and sheltering or concealing a runaway.

He was arrested in July following an investigation by the Sabetha Police Department and Nemaha County Sheriff's Department.

Sentencing was scheduled for December 21.