A Buchanan County Circuit Court jury returned a guilty verdict against a 74-year-old man trying to entice sex with a 12-year-old boy at a public library.

James Hopkins was tried by a jury in the courtroom of Circuit Judge Daniel Kellogg on one count of sexual enticement of a child, which is an unclassified felony.

After a trial that began on Wednesday, the panel returned a guilty verdict Thursday, and recommended a prison sentence of 15 years.

As we reported, the Elwood, Kan. man was charged after an incident at the Carnegie Branch Library located at 316 Massachusetts in July of last year.

Online court records do not yet reflect a sentencing date.