A two-day trial for Jon Stout, 39, ended Thursday afternoon when the former Logan County Sheriff's Office detective agreed to a plea deal.

Stout pled guilty to one count of attempted child endangering, which is a second-degree misdemeanor.

In exchange, prosecutors dropped misdemeanor charges of interference with custody, contributing to the delinquency of minors, and public indecency.

Stout faces a maximum sentence of 90 days in jail and a $750 fine. He will be sentenced in five weeks.

In January 2006, a grand jury indicted Stout on two felony counts of sexual battery along with misdemeanor counts of public indecency, endangering children, interference with custody, and contributing to the unruliness or delinquency of a minor.

Special Prosecutor Scott Longo handled the case for the state attorney general's office. The state said that Stout had an inappropriate relationship with a then-16-year-old-girl.

Over the last two years, the felony charges were dismissed by two judges and twice by the appeals court.

Stout admitted that he had the girl in his car and he may have driven too fast. That testimony is what led to the attempted child endangering charge.

The girl, now 18, was joined by her father and stepmother in court yesterday.

Stout was fired from the sheriff's office in late '05 after refusing to take a polygraph. He worked at the local department for 16 years. Stout would like to return to the sheriff's office.

A misdemeanor conviction does not prevent someone from being hired in law enforcement.