Travis Branstetter pleads guilty

OHIO
Logan Daily News

BY DEBRA TOBIN Logan Daily News Reporter dtobin@logandaily.com

LOGAN — Travis Branstetter, a former youth pastor of the Church of the Nazarene in South Logan who was charged with 10 counts of sexual battery and four counts of sexual imposition in October 2011, appeared in Hocking County Common Pleas Court with his attorneys Kevin O’Brien and Tom Martello as part of a plea agreement on Tuesday.

Branstetter pleaded guilty to three counts of attempted gross sexual imposition, all fifth degree felonies.

Upon request by the victim’s family, Hocking County Assistant Prosecutor Bill Archer addressed the court with regard to a plea agreement with Branstetter.

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