Resch Pleads Guilty To Sexual Misconduct With A Minor:

Edward T. Resch (mug shot SCSO)

A man from Springfield who was arrested last month on charges of sexual misconduct with a minor out of Stone County has pleaded guilty to those charges.

Greene and Stone County deputies busted Edward T. Resch after a 10 month investigation by the Tri-Lakes Internet Crimes Task force. An undercover deputy posed as a 14-year-old girl during the investigation.

Resch, was placed on five years probation and given credit for 15 days of "shock time" that he served in the Stone County Jail. He must also register as a sex offendor and was ordered to stay off of the Internet, except as allowed by his probation officer.

Busy Week For Tri-Lakes Internet Crimes Task Force; Springfield Man Nabbed:

Edward T. Resch (mug shot SCSO)

The Tri-Lakes Internet Crimes Task Force has busted a Springfield man after a ten month investigation by authorities in Stone County.

Stone County Sheriff Richard Hill says, Edward T. Resch, 51, was arrested on August 12th by deputies with the Stone and Greene County sheriff’s offices. Resch has been charged with sexual misconduct of a child after allegedly sending pornographic material to an undercover detective posing as a 14 year-old girl.

After Resch was arrested, detectives executed a search warrant at his home and recovered electronic media components allegedly used in the crime.

Resch is being held in the at the Stone County Jail on $20,000 bond.