Nurse practitioner charged with having child porn, domestic assault

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

Someone described as a nurse practitioner in court documents has been accused of having child pornography and assaulting someone who confronted him about it.

Michael Lewis, 31, of Ashland, was charged with child porn possession, second-degree domestic assault, third-degree domestic assault, tampering with evidence and tampering with a witness. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond, though a mugshot was not available on Tuesday afternoon. A court date has not been scheduled.

The probable cause statement says the victim spoke with police on Monday after they were assaulted by Lewis. The victim allegedly found about 20 videos of child pornography on Lewis’ laptop, the statement says.

After the victim confronted Lewis about the videos, he allegedly assaulted the victim and destroyed the laptop, court documents say. The victim took videos and photos of the laptop before it was destroyed and showed them to law enforcement, the statement says.

The victim also allegedly recorded a conversation where Lewis admitted to keeping and viewing the videos, the statement says.