A 20-year-old Salem man has entered an open guilty plea in Marion County Court to a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault.
As part of the plea agreement, three related counts of child pornography pending against Dustin Peach of South Lackey Street were dropped.
Peach faces from six to 60 years in prison on the Class X predatory criminal sexual assault charge when sentenced on July 5th.
The predatory criminal sexual assault charge claims Peach touched a girl under 13 inappropriately on December 23rd of last year.
The child pornography charges that were dropped claimed he had three photos of a child under 13 unclothed on his phone.
The case was investigated by the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and Salem Police. The incidents allegedly occurred when Peach was babysitting the young girl.
