A Baxter Springs man receives a lengthy sentence for child sex crimes in Cherokee County.

 A judge in Cherokee County District Court handed down a sentence of 50 years in prison Wednesday to 40 year old Jeremy Shrout. Shrout was found guilty in November of three counts of rape and one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The incidents occurred between 2019 and 2021.

Shrout is being held in the Cherokee County Jail and will be transferred to the Kansas Department of Corrections to begin his sentence.