Callaway County man sentenced 21 years after pleading guilty to child sex crimes
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Holts Summit man pleaded guilty on Monday to three felonies and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Freeman Myron Larnerd, 54, pleaded guilty to child enticement of a youth younger than 15 years old and two counts of child porn possession. He is being held at Callaway County Jail.
Court documents in previous reporting say law enforcement received a call from a woman who stated her niece sent nude photographs to a man and that the man – later identified as Larnerd – had shot at her children after he was confronted.
A witness who was identified as the victim’s grandfather had told law enforcement that Larnerd called him to say that he had nude images of the girl and was “madly in love” with the child. Two other witnesses went to Larnerd’s house to confront him, and both said Larnerd fired multiple shots, but missed, according to court documents.
Larnerd allegedly admitted to law enforcement that he possessed several images of the child on an old phone, the statement says. Larnerd allegedly gave consent for law enforcement to search a camper at his residence, where a phone containing child pornography was found, the statement says.
Larnerd allegedly sexually assaulted the victim in between Oct. 1, 2023-Feb. 2, 2024 and Feb. 17-March 17 in 2024.
