Belton police officer charged with rape in Pettis County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A man who the Missouri State Highway Patrol says has held “several law enforcement positions” was charged on Friday in Pettis County with first-degree rape.

Collin Goodsell, 28, of Peculiar, Missouri, is being held at the Pettis County Jail without bond. A mugshot was not immediately available on Friday afternoon and a court date has not been set.

According to an email from a Missouri Department of Public Safety spokesman, Goodsell as of Friday has a valid peace officer license and is commissioner by the Belton Police Department.

Charging documents allege Goodsell raped a woman in 2017 “by the use of forcible compulsion and in the course thereof the defendant displayed a deadly weapon in a threatening manner.”

A Friday press release from MSHP says Goodsell was arrested on Thursday after the Division of Drug and Crime Control was requested in December to investigate sexual assault allegations against a Belton Police Department employee.

MSHP wrote that Goodsell has held “several law enforcement positions in Cass and Livingston” counties.