(KNZA)--A Fairview man has pleaded no contest to an amended charge in a child sex-related case.
Jeffrey Petersen entered the plea Monday in Brown County District Court to a felony charge of attempted sexual exploitation of a child along with a misdemeanor charge of harassment by telephone.
Petersen had originally been charged with electronic solicitation of a child.
Sentencing was set for August 24.
He was arrested in January following an investigation by the Hiawatha Police Department.
Petersen remains free on bond.
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