HUTCHINSON, – A Kansas man remains free on a $50,000 bond was in court on Thursday facing a single charge of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.

Ricky S. Gossman, 42, is alleged to have engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl between June 12, and July 25.

Hutchinson Police Juvenile Detective Scott Carlson says that they were notified that Grossman may have been having sex with minor girls and so they started doing interviews that led to the arrest.

Gossman had been placed on community corrections in May for indecent solicitation of a child for an incident in March of of 2015.

The charge in the new case is a level three person felony with a maximum sentence of approximately 20-years, however he could receive double the sentence under the persistent sex offender statute.