A man charged with four counts of sex related acts with a minor and who has taken a guilty blind plea has been sentenced.
Formal charges were filed July 26, 2023 in Lincoln County District Court against Bradley Jacobs, 20, address unknown. Jacobs is accused of four counts of lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16.
Appearing before District Judge Sarah Bridge, the judge found Jacobs guilty on each of the four counts. She sentenced Jacobs on counts 1-4 to 25 years in the Department of Corrections with all time suspended, a $100 fine, $100 VCA, 991 fees and ordered he pay restitution in the amount of $5,000 as per restitution scheduled.
Jacobs was placed on supervised probation with DOC, and ordered to report to the Probation Office and Court Clerk’s Office.
Court records show the warrant was returned and filed Sep. 11.
District Judge Sarah Bridge had previously announced by agreement of the parties the matter was set for the felony disposition docket at 9 a.m. on Apr. 29 and at 9 a.m. May 6. Jury trial had been scheduled for 9 a.m. on June 2.
On May 6, appearing before Judge Bridge, Jacobs withdrew his previous plea and entered a blind plea. The Judge received his plea and she set sentencing for 1:30 p.m. July 22. She ordered a pre-sentencing investigation.
The judge had advised Jacobs the crime was an 85 percent crime.
He waived his preliminary hearing July 19, 2024.
He made an appearance before Special Judge Emily Mueller Sep. 21, 2023. He appeared again before her on on Dec. 21. His pre-preliminary was held on March 21.
According to the information in the charges, each of alleged crimes occurred between July 26, 2015 and July 25, 2016.
Location of the alleged crimes is listed as the Town of Tryon.