34-year-old Jefferson City man accused of harassing youth for sex

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 34-year-old Jefferson City man has been charged with a felony after court documents claim he harassed girls for sex.

Brian Duncan was charged on Monday in Cole County with first-degree harassment. He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment was held on Monday and Duncan pleaded not guilty via video from the jail. A counsel status hearing is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday and a preliminary hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 2.

The statement says a witness called police at 12:51 p.m. Saturday for suspicious activity. The statement says two child victims were harassed by Duncan while they moved into a home with their mother, which was a few houses away from Duncan’s residence.

After the mother was not seen, Duncan walked up to the residence multiple times during a two-hour period and asked the victims their ages, the statement says. One of the times, he came back with a knife and was stroking it while talking to the victims, the statement says.

Police found Duncan outside his residence and he allegedly told police he asked one of the victims her age because he thought she was “old enough to have sex with.”