Man Admits To Committing Sex Crimes With Teenagers In Mentor, Eastlake

Michael Yeckley will be sentenced Jan. 9 after he pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual conduct, pandering obscenity and sexual battery last Monday in Lake County Court of Common Pleas.

Yeckley, 22, of Willowick, was arrested after incidents involving two different teenage girls in Mentor and Eastlake.

Yeckley brought a 13-year-old girl to a motel in Mentor on April 21, plied her with alcohol and then had sex with her, according to Mentor police.

Additionally, other people were in the motel room at the time and Yeckley had someone else tape the sex act, according to prosecutors.

Yeckley was initially charged with rape in this case. However, the grand jury later indicted him on charges of sexual battery and pandering obscenity instead.

Yeckley also pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor from an unrelated case in Eastlake.

In that case, Yeckley is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl while he was 18, Eastlake police said.

Yeckley faces up to 14 1/2 years in prison when Judge Joseph Gibson sentences him Jan. 9.

However, the prosecutor has agreed to recommend the judge sentence Yeckley to no more than eight years in prison, according to The News-Herald.

As part of Yeckley's punishment, he will be declared a sex offender.