COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – A Coldwater man charged with multiple felonies for exchanging nearly 20,000 messages and sexually explicit photos online through Facebook with a then 14-year-old girl entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors Monday in Branch County Circuit Court.
21-year old Tyler Caldwell entered a guilty plea to one count of third degree criminal sexual conduct. In exchange for his plea, three other third degree C.S.C. counts as well as a child abuse charge will be dismissed.
Sentencing was scheduled for November 19, 2018.
Caldwell was arrested in July 2018 following a Coldwater Police Department investigation which started after the girl’s mother discovered the relationship and obtained a personal protection order against him.
