Jefferson City man charged with child molestation, statutory sodomy
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Jefferson City man was charged on Thursday with multiple child sex crimes.
Michael Minor, 48, was charged in Cole County with two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Friday morning.
The probable cause statement says police became involved in a child molestation case on Jan. 8 in Jefferson City after a Missouri Children’s Division employee spoke with a child at an area school. Court documents claim the youth had stated they were sexually abused by Minor from July 2023-September 2025.
The victim allegedly described multiple instances of abuse to authorities, the statement shows. Court documents allege Minor has previously been investigated for sex crimes against children of a similar age as the victim.
