Man charged with statutory rape now faces 10 counts of child porn possession
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man who is set to go to trial in the spring for rape and other sex crimes is now facing 10 counts of child porn possession in Morgan County.
Tristian Dale Washia-Mayhew, 23, was charged in 2024 with first-degree rape, second-degree statutory rape and fourth-degree child molestation. A jury trial is scheduled for those charges at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 12. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail without bond.
His new charges were filed on Tuesday and an arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday.
The probable cause statement for the new set of charges says child pornography was found on his phone while authorities did a cellphone extraction for his other cases.
The statement claims Washia-Mayhew had saved child porn -- on the social media application Snapchat – from multiple conversations he had with girls. He had also allegedly provided his address multiple times on the app.
Court documents in previous reporting claim one of the rape victims passed out after they were given alcohol and awoke to Washia-Mayhew raping them. That same statement claims Washia-Mayhew had pestered one of the victims for nude photos, while Washia-Mayhew allegedly told law enforcement they were unsolicited.
