Karl Nice -photo Ford Co.
ELLSWORTH –A Kansas man has been convicted of four child sex-crime related charges, according to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt.
Karl Van Nice, 59, Ellsworth was found guilty Thursday by an Ellsworth County jury of two counts of rape, one count of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery, according to information provided by the attorney general's office. Judge Carey Hipp presided over the trial. Sentencing has not yet been scheduled.
The crimes were committed between September 2015 and January 2016. The charges stemmed from an investigation by the Ellsworth Police Department and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation.