A 21 year old Dowelltown man appeared in DeKalb County Criminal Court Friday and entered a plea to two counts of statutory rape.
Judge Gary McKenzie presided.
Nathan Joseph Gohs of Dale Ridge Road received a two year sentence in one case and one year in the other to run consecutively for a total of three years. He will be on TDOC probation. The term is also to run consecutive to other probation he is currently serving.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said from June 1 to July 31, 2016 Gohs allegedly had sex with a 16 year old girl three times at a residence on Students Home Road.
In each of the three counts, the grand jury indictment alleged that on or about the date range of June 1, 2016 to July 31, 2016, Gohs did unlawfully and intentionally or knowingly sexually penetrate a minor child, a person 16 years of age. Gohs being at least four years older than the minor child.