Plea agreement filed in case against former Huntington coach facing child seduction charges

HUNTINGTON, Ind. (WPTA) - Court documents show a plea agreement has been filed in the case against a man facing child seduction charges stemming from an alleged relationship with a teen while he was a track coach.

Probable cause documents allege that Nicholas E. Johnson used someone else’s identity to establish a relationship with a teenage girl with whom he later had sexual contact while he was working as a Huntington University track and cross country coach. The university said Johnson is no longer employed there.

Johnson was originally charged with four felonies: two counts of child seduction, kidnapping, and identity deception.

A plea agreement filed in the case shows Johnson intends to plead guilty to the charge of identity deception. The agreement requests a cap of 180 days on the executed sentence and also requests that a no-contact order be issued for the victim. The agreement must still be accepted by a judge, and if it is, he could be sentenced to between six months and 2 1/2 years. His next hearing is set for Feb. 7.