Audrain County man sentenced 5 years for statutory rape

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Mexico, Missouri, man was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison.

Nickolas Crum pleaded guilty in January to first-degree statutory rape. He was previously charged with first-degree statutory rape and statutory sodomy of a person younger than 14 years old.

Court documents in previous reporting say that the victim was sexually assaulted by Crum several times.

Documents in previous reporting say Crum had “an electronic file about ‘how to beat the case,’ and bragged to others about how he could be innocent ‘even with a public defender.’”