BUCKHANNON — A Buckhannon man who was set to go trial more than two years after his arrest for third-degree sexual assault and displaying obscene matter to a juvenile reached a plea agreement in Upshur County Circuit Court Thursday.

Joshua Wayne DeJesus, 29, was first indicted in the September 2017 term of the grand jury for two felony accounts of third-degree sexual assault and one felony count of displaying obscene matter to a juvenile.

Under the terms of the agreement, DeJesus agreed to enter a guilty plea to the felony account of displaying obscene matter to a juvenile and the court would defer acceptance of that plea until a November hearing.

DeJesus offered a factual basis for his conditional plea by telling the court he took a picture of his private area and sent it to a person he knew to be a minor.

The minor was approximately 15 years old at the time of the incident in June 2017.

Attorney James Hawkins Jr. represented DeJesus.

Judge Kurt Hall set the matter for a hearing Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. In the meantime, DeJesus will undergo a risk assessment and other items as part of the pre-sentence investigation.

Christy Suzette Farrar, 45, plead guilty to escape, a felony, in count three of the indictment. The remaining charges of third offense shoplifting were dismissed. Farrar had been indicted in the January term of the Upshur County Grand Jury. On Sept. 2, Farrar admitted that she had gotten out of the police cruiser despite knowing she was under arrest.

“They were getting ready to take me to jail and I started having an anxiety attack,” she said. “I was scared to go to jail. I didn’t get far away from the car. I just got out of the car.”

A presentence investigation will be conducted. Farrar, who remains in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a bail piece, could face up to five years in prison and a $500 to $5,000 fine. Sentencing was set for Oct. 2 at 2 p.m.

Farrar was represented by Hawkins who asked for a change in Farrar’s bond to allow her to be released pending sentencing.

Prosecuting attorney David Godwin said he didn’t object noting the bond had been $15,000 – $5,000 for each of the three charges.

Hall set a $2,500 personal recognizance post conviction bond and issued a warning to Farrar.

“What you do between now and sentencing is what is either going to make or break you,” he said. Sydney Marie Williams, 23, pleaded guilty to fraudulent schemes, a felony, contained in count two of the indictment, as part of a deferred adjudication agreement.

Williams told the court, “I was addicted to oxycodone and I would go into a store and steal items and take them and return them for gift cards.”

The agreement was deferred until a pre-sentence report can be prepared.

Hall set Oct. 2 as the next hearing date.

In other court news, Hall took the guilty plea of Michael Gregory, who was represented by Brian Bailey under advisement.

Gregory offered guilty pleas to the felony offense of fleeing from an officer in reckless disregard for others in count one and to the misdemeanor charge of battery on an officer, a lesser included offense under count four of the indictment.

However, Hall pointed out that some of the statements Gregory gave in court Thursday could be used in his defense.

“I want the state before sentencing to give me their discovery,” he said.

Hall set the next hearing date for Oct. 2.

“I haven’t accepted your plea,” Hall told Gregory. “That will be the day I announce whether I accept or reject the plea. If I accept the plea, that will be the day you get sentenced.”