A 41-year-old sex offender pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted statutory sexual seduction, admitting he had sex with a 15-year-old girl in August 2008.
Jeffrey Palmer faces up to four years in Nevada State Prison and a $5,000 fine. He is eligible for probation if he is deemed not to be at a high risk to reoffend after a psycho-sexual evaluation.
"Me being over age 21, I had sexual intercourse with a person under 16," Palmer told District Judge Dave Gamble.
Palmer is in Douglas County Jail on $50,000 bail. Gamble set sentencing for May 4.
Palmer was returned to Douglas County in January after serving a year in prison in California for lewd acts upon a child where the defendant is more than 10 years older than the victim.
Palmer is accused of having sex with the 15-year-old in Douglas County before he drove her and her 13-year-old sister to California in 2008.
The two Gardnerville Ranchos girls were reported missing from their home by their mother on Aug. 17, 2008. They were located the next day in a Manteca, Calif., motel room along with Palmer and a 16-year-old boy.
Palmer was taken into custody, but the girls and the boy escaped from the safe house where they were being kept before their parents could arrive. That led to a four-day search with leads as far away as Las Vegas, before the teens were picked up in Winnemucca by members of their church and brought home.
Palmer was accused of having sex with the 15-year-old girl between May and August 2008 in Douglas County.
As a result of his California conviction, Palmer must register as a sex offender under lifetime supervision.
The same terms apply with a Nevada conviction.
