A Carbon County man pleaded guilty in the county court on Thursday to sending over 70 text messages to an Ohio teen that contained inappropriate messages of a sexual nature.

Richard Todd Shuleski, 52, of Lehighton, pleaded guilty to one count of corruption of a minor, rated a felony 3, before Judge Steven R. Serfass.Shuleski was charged by the state police computer crime unit with sending 76 text messages to the teen over a period in December 2014. The messages, troopers said, contained numerous sexual type references.The family of the teen contacted local police who then notified Pennsylvania State Police. The crimes unit was able to trace the text messages to Lehighton and Shuleski, although he had used another name on his cellphone account.In a plea bargain with the district attorney's office charges of disseminate photo, film of child sex acts, child pornography, unlawful contact with a child and other charges were dropped.Shuleski, who is an inmate in the county prison on the charges since his arrest, must undergo an evaluation by the state sexual assessment board to determine if he is a sexually violent predator under the provisions of Megan's Law. Serfass told Shuleski he faces 15 years of registration as a sexual offender now, and if found to be a violent sexual predator, the registration would be lifetime.Sentencing was deferred until the assessment is completed.