(KNZA)--A Sabetha man accused of sex offenses involving a three-year-old child has pleaded no contest to a pair of felony charges.

Brown County Attorney Kevin Hill says 27-year-old Roy Tidwell III entered the plea Monday in Brown County District Court to charges of rape and aggravated internet trading in child pornography.

In exchange for the plea, a charge of sexual exploitation of a child was dismissed.

Hill says Tidwell faces life in prison on each count when he scheduled for sentencing September 10th.

Tidwell was arrested in May following an investigation by federal, state and local authorities into alleged crimes committed in Hiawatha between July and December 2017.

He also faces charges in Nemaha County of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and sexual exploitation of a child.

Tidwell remains in the Brown County Jail, after his $3 million bond was revoked.