Charges against the Webster County Constable have been amended after entering an Alford Plea.
Dennis Shelton, 52, will be forced to resign from the position of Constable of Webster County, as part of the plea agreement. Shelton was arrested in October of 2016 on two counts of Sexual Abuse in the first degree, and a felony burglary charge. The Sexual Abuse charge will now be reduced to three counts of Sexual Abuse in the third degree.
The burglary charge will be dismissed, as per the conditions of the alford plea agreement. Shelton will serve 120 of the 360 days sentence in jail, and the remaining 240 days as well as the remaining balance of sentencing on probation.
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