Crime

Boone County man convicted of several child sex crimes

By Ryan Shiner

Published October 10, 2022 8:22 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Centralia man was found guilty of man child sex crimes on Thursday.

Joshua Lewis, 31, was convicted of:

Two counts of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy of a person less than 12 years old
Statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy of a person less than 14 years old
Two counts of second-degree child molestation
Abuse or neglect of a child.

Lewis will be sentenced at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 21 at the Boone County Courthouse.

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