REED CITY âA Reed City man and former Osceola County Sheriff s Deputy will spend more than three years in prison, at least, after he was sentenced on child pornography and drug offenses Wednesday in Osceola County s 49th District Court.
Andrew Christian Wernette, 39, of Reed City was sentenced to between three years and four months to 25 years in prison for guilty pleas to two counts of aggravated child sexually abusive activity and between three years and four months to 20 years in prison for a guilty plea to using a computer to commit a crime. He also was sentenced to between three years and four months and 10 years in prison for a guilty plea to aggravated possession of child sexually abusive activity and between 8.5 months and seven years for a guilty plea to distributing or promoting child sexually abusive material.