Staff report

WARREN — A 53-year-old Warren man pleaded guilty Thursday to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and tampering with evidence in a case involving a 15-year-old girl, avoiding a jury trial that was to begin later this month.

Charles Shultz, of Judyth Street in Warren, entered the pleas to the three third-degree felony charges before Judge Ronald J. Rice in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court. Shultz will undergo a background investigation before sentencing, at which point he will be designated a Tier 2 sexual offender, requiring him to register with the local sheriff’s office twice per year for 25 years.

A Weathersfield Township police investigation found that the sexual conduct began in August 2024, after police learned Shultz had sex with the underage girl.

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