Registered sex offender pleads no contest

TROY - A registered sex offender from Covington scheduled to go on trial next week pleaded no contest Friday, Jan. 20, to felony gross sexual imposition involving a minor under age 13.

Jimmy Platt, 77, made the plea as part of a deal in which Miami County prosecutors agreed to recommend a 30-month prison sentence. He could receive up to five years in prison. Platt previously was convicted of a sex offense in 1999, according to court records.

Platt was accused of having sexual contact with the minor Sept. 26. He was found guilty by Judge Jeannine Pratt, who ordered a presentence investigation. Sentencing is scheduled Jan. 31.

Platt is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. NANCY BOWMAN, CONTRIBUTING WRITER