Man who gives ‘lessons to children’ charged with having child porn

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man who currently teaches lessons to children at his home was charged on Friday with having child pornography.

David McGowan, 62, was charged in Boone County with five counts of child porn possession. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond and an initial court appearance was held on Tuesday afternoon.

The probable cause statement says law enforcement received a tip on Aug. 14 from a CyberTip about child porn being stored in an online platform. A search warrant was conducted on Sept. 30 and law enforcement took multiple electronic devices.

The statement says several hundred images of child porn were found on the devices.

Court documents did not describe what kind of lessons McGowan provided youth.