LAWRENCE — A 38-year-old Lawrence man pleaded guilty Monday to indecent solicitation of a child. Timothy Turner agreed to the plea deal, in which a charge of aggravated indecent liberties was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. The Lawrence Journal-World reported that a 15-year-old girl testified at a preliminary hearing in Douglas County District cCourt in November that she and Turner had a sexual encounter in September. The girl testified that she had snuck out of a women’s shelter with a friend and met Turner when they got into a car driven by another man they met in downtown Lawrence. The girl said she told Turner she was 15. The girl testified she returned to the shelter and later told a staff member there about the encounter, triggering an investigation. The paper reported Franklin County Attorney Heather Jones prosecuted the case at the request of Douglas County prosecutors.
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