Phelps County attorney indicted for sexual assault

A grand jury indicted Phelps County attorney Brant Shockley on 18 counts of sexual assault of four different women, according to the Missouri Attorney General’s Office.

The assaults allegedly occurred in Shockley’s home and office starting in 2014. Shockley was taken into custody on Friday.

The Rolla Police Department, the Phelps County Sheriff’s Department and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are investigating the case. The Attorney General’s Office appointed to the case because of a conflict at the request of the Phelps County Prosecuting Attorney.

Anyone with additional information on the case is asked to call the Attorney General’s Office at 573-644-3068 or the Rolla Police Department at 573-308-1213.

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