Columbia man arrested for possession of child porn
A tip by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children leads to charges of possession of child porn for a Columbia man.
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Boonville inmate charged with attempted rape and violence toward probation officer
BOONVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man serving time for other crimes is now charged with attempted rape and violence to an employee of the Department of Corrections after an incident on July 1, 2020. According to court documents, William Riggs went upstairs at the Boonville Correction Center and allegedly attacked a female probation officer.
Continue Reading Nixa educator charged with federal child porn count
SPRINGFIELD, Mo (AP) — An assistant principal at a southwestern Missouri junior high has been charged in federal court, accused of posing as a teenage girl to ask for sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old boy. Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Colby Fronterhouse, of Nixa, was charged Wednesday in Springfield’s federal courthouse with sexual exploitation for
Continue ReadingReport: Students didn’t report abuse due to lack of trust
KIRKWOOD, Mo. (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district where multiple sexual assault accusations have come to light through social media say they initially feared they would not be taken seriously or believed if they reported abuse. The Kirkwood school board heard a report Monday from Kansas City-based Encompass Resolution, which the
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Columbia man charged after alleged sexual assault and robbery
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) On Thursday, Columbia police began investigating a sexual assault and robbery after the victim came forward. The victim told police that she was seeing Xavier Gee just after midnight when Gee allegedly took out a gun and threatened to shoot the victim with it according to court documents. According to the victim,
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Iberia man arrested and charged with sexual assault after an incident at Jefferson City hotel Tuesday
According to court documents, David Lee is accused of luring the 19-year-old victim to a hotel on the 1300 block of Jefferson Street and raping her, then stopping the victim from calling for help.
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Fulton man charged with child sexual assault after alleged incidents from 2017 to 2019
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is being accused of a touching a victim inapproripately over several years according to court documents. Kyle Moser allegedly touched the victim’s chest back in 2017 when the victim was 11. From Jan. 2018 to May 2018, Moser allegedly touched the victim’s chest again and then watched the victim
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Chariton County man charged with sex assault in after November incident
KEYTESVILLE, Mo. (KMIZ) A Keytesville man is charged with multiple counts after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl. According to court documents, Phineas Schrock was staying the night in Nov. 2020 at a home in Keytesville when he entered the bedroom of the 15-year-old and got into bed with the victim. The victim told
Continue Reading Alabama man charged with kidnapping and rape after August incident involving Mexico teen
MEXICO, Mo. (KMIZ) An Alabama man is charged with kidnapping, two counts of statutory rape and statutory sodomy after an August incident involving a Mexico teen later found in Alabama. According to court documents, a 13-year-old victim was reported missing in Mexico, Mo. and then located in Limestone County Alabama. According to court documents, Bailey
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Fulton man arrested after teen finds a hidden camera in the bedroom
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man is charged on multiple counts after a teen finds a camera hidden in the bedroom and gives it to the police. According to court documents, the victim went to the police with the camera last Saturday. According to court documents, the camera had 50 files on it with
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Miller County man charged with statutory rape
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (KMIZ) Lake Ozark police arrested a man after being accused of having sex with a 16-year-old on Dec. 30. According to court documents, Lake Ozark police received a call from the victim saying that Christopher Jacobs had attempted to get into the victim’s pants. One day later, the victim told adults that
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Columbia man charged with sexual misconduct after an incident on the University of Missouri Recreation Trail
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) University of Missouri police investigated an incident on the University of Missouri Recreation Trail where a man allegedly was masturbating in front of a runner on Nov. 1, 2020. Officials say the woman was running the trail when a male rode past her on a bike and would stay to stare at
Continue ReadingEx-school bus driver sentenced for sex contact with student
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A former school bus driver in southwest Missouri was sentenced to four years in prison for having sexual contact with a student. Sixty-eight-year-old Dennis Frakes was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in November. Frakes was a bus driver for Carl Junction when he had sexual contact twice with a female student.
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Warrant issued in child molestation case out of Callaway County
AUXVASSE, Mo. (KMIZ) Auxvasse Police has issued a warrant for the arrest of Steven Muehlman after allegations of 1st-degree child molestation and statutory sodomy of a person under the age of 12. According to court documents, an investigation into Muehlman started on Dec. 14 after the victim’s mother came forward about Muehlman allegedly touched the
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Sedalia man charged with two counts of 1st-degree child molestation
SEDALIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Sedalia man is charged with two counts of molestation in new court records. In the 2nd amended complaint, Joshua Breshears is accused of touching the victim sometime between March 30, 2012, and February 28, 2013. Both instances occurred at a residence on the 1100 block of E. 5th St. in Sedalia.
Continue Reading Jefferson City man accused of raping 13-year-old
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man is accused of raping a 13-year-old. According to court documents, Antoinne Bellamy allegedly gave a teenager drugs and had sex with the victim twice. The mother first contacted authorities Monday after the incident according to court documents. Online court records report Bellamy is charged with statutory rape
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Fulton man sentenced 14 years for sexually assaulting children
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Fulton man pleaded guilty today to sodomy and child molestation after his arrest in 2018. 56-year-old Patrick Metcalf and his wife Jamiey Metcalf admitted to sexually assaulting two victims under the age of 14 in 2017. Patrick Metcalf was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crimes. Per Missouri law,
Continue Reading AG’s office: Two Columbia businesses among illicit massage parlors shut down
Missouri’s attorney general says two Columbia operations were among the illicit massage businesses shut down in a program that uses landlords to secure evictions.
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Inmate who escaped Reality House charged with rape, other charges
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) One of the three inmates who escaped Reality House is now charged with rape, three counts of domestic assault and one count of unlawful use of weapon. According to court documents, Lawrence Johnson was found at a motel on Nov. 27 in the 3400 block of I-70 Drive SE. The victim told
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Former Trenton police officer charged with statutory rape
TRENTON, Mo. (AP) — A former north central Missouri police officer has been charged with statutory rape. Twenty-five-year-old Mike Wilson, a former officer with the Trenton police department, was arrested Wednesday and is being held without bond in the Grundy County Jail. Trenton Police Chief Rex Ross said Wilson had been fired after working for
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