RICHMOND COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) -- A youth counselor who formerly worked at several different churches, schools and agencies throughout Richmond County pleaded guilty to three charges of child sex crimes earlier this week. David Lawrence Schneider was originally charged with 19 felony counts related to child sex crimes during an investigation announced by the Richmond County Sheriff's Office in August of last year. According to court documents, Schneider pleaded guilty to the following charges in a motion hearing on Monday, March 24 -- one charge of aggravated sexual battery and two charges of taking indecent liberties with a child by a person in a custodial role. One of the indecent liberties charges is from an incident in February 2016, the other two charges stem from a June 2024 incident. Court documents also show that the rest of the felony counts have been dismissed. Schneider's next scheduled court appearance will be for a sentence hearing on July 14 at 9 a.m. in Richmond County Circuit Court. ...read more read less