Wellsville man charged with sodomy, sex abuse in Montgomery County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Wellsville man was charged with two felonies after he was accused of sexually abusing a girl on Dec. 7.
Noah Smith, 18, was charged on Monday in Montgomery County with first-degree sodomy and sex abuse. He is being held at the jail without bond, though a mugshot was not immediately available. An arraignment was held on Tuesday and Smith appeared by video from the jail. A counsel status hearing was scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 20 and an attorney asked for a bond to be set.
The probable cause statement says the victim was given alcohol by another person described as “Suspect 2.” Court filings show a woman, Elizabeth Mize, gave alcohol to the minor victim and other youth.
Mize was charged with two counts of misdemeanor providing alcohol to a minor and a summons was issued for her on Tuesday.
The statement says the victim allegedly had a blood alcohol level of .11, which is higher than the legal limit to drive. Court documents claim Smith assaulted the victim twice and the victim had to remove his hands from various areas of her body.
During the last occurrence, the victim allegedly kicked Smith and locked herself in a bathroom to avoid him, the statement says. Once a ride arrived for the victim, Smith allegedly refused to let her leave, the statement says.
