Man charged with several child sex crimes faces additional felonies
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Jefferson City man who was already charged with several child sex crimes earlier this month is facing more charges in Cole County.
Michael Minor, 48, was charged on Jan. 16 with two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old. He was charged in a separate case on Monday with first-degree child molestation and statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old.
He is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. An arraignment for the new charges and a counsel status hearing in his first case is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday. He has a preliminary hearing for the first case scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 10.
The probable cause statement in the new case says Minor allegedly sexually abused a child in 2017 and police were dispatched for a sexual offense involving a child on Oct. 2, 2017. The victim gave an interview detailing the assault that night as well as at the Rainbow House in Columbia days later.
The victim was interviewed again on Jan. 23, 2026, to detail the assault.
The victim in the case filed earlier this month had allegedly been abused from July 2023-September 2025.
