Defendants reach plea deals in district court

In typical fashion, as trial dates approached, several defendants struck plea agreements with the prosecutors in the Kendall County District Attorney’s office last Friday afternoon during the felony and misdemeanor pretrial hearings.

United States immigrant Venencio Rangel Ortega pleaded guilty to the second-degree felony offense of indecency with a child with sexual contact after he reportedly inappropriately touched his stepdaughter.

With consideration of the victim’s feelings and best interests, the state pursued the minimum prison sentence for a second-degree felony, two years, along with a lifelong sex offender registration.