News Photo by Temi Fadayomi The Alpena County Circuit Court Building in this May 2023 News File photo.

ALPENA — On Monday, in Alpena’s 26th Circuit Court, a defendant pleaded guilty to several charges surrounding his possession of sexually explicit material of a child and engaging in criminal sexual conduct with his daughter when the child was under the age of 13.

Garrick Madison, 33, faced eight charges, including three counts of child sexually abusive material — aggravated possession, three counts of using a computer to commit a crime, one count aggravated child sexually abuse activity and one count of criminal sexual conduct second degree.

Two charges — aggravated child sexually abuse activity and a count of using a computer to commit a crime, which carried a maximum sentence of 20 years — were dismissed.

Madison pleaded guilty to the other six charges. The three counts of child sexually abusive material — aggravated possession are related to his alleged ownership of sexually explicit material of a prepubescent child while he was a resident in Alpena.

One count of using a computer to commit a crime is related to Madison allegedly having the sexually explicit material on a computer.

The final two charges are related to Madison allegedly grabbing the buttocks of his daughter for sexual gratification when she was under the age of 13, and using a computer to record the alleged incident.

Madison is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 5.

Also in court on Monday:

∫ Defendant Wesley Kelly was sentenced to 24 months of probation after pleading guilty to one count of third offense domestic violence

As a part of the probation, Kelly is expected to spend 12 months in jail with credit for zero days, avoid all forms of contact with the victim, and to maintain a job for at least 30 hours a week while on probation.

∫ Defendant Jeffrey Shull had their sentencing date moved from Monday to Thursday so that they may have spent time with their son.

“My son will be back later today,” Shull said during his sentencing hearing. “I haven’t seen him in a couple of months, I would just like to spend some time with him before I turn myself in. That’s all I ask for your honor.”

Shull was in court for two separate incidents: A breaking and entering and being caught in possession of a large amount of methamphetamines.

During the hearing, Shull documented his struggles with drug use and the steps he’s taken since his arrest to address it. He thanked the people he worked with in rehab for supporting him and requested that he be allowed to spend some time with his son before sentencing.

During the hearing, the victim from the breaking and entering incident gave a quick statement advocating leniency in Shull’s sentencing.

Judge Ed Black granted Shull’s request, pushing sentencing back to Thursday, but warned Shull that if he wasn’t present on that day that he can expect his sentence to be significantly greater.