Eldon man charged with child sex crimes

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

An Eldon man was charged in Morgan County on Tuesday with multiple child sex crimes after he allegedly assaulted a child on Monday morning.

Ronald Lee Brown Jr., 36, was charged with second-degree statutory rape, two counts of incent and one count of second-degree statutory sodomy. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $300,000 bond. A court date has not been scheduled.

Deputies were called to St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City as the youth was being evaluated by hospital staff after saying they were sexually abused by Brown, the statement says.

Law enforcement spoke with Brown, who allegedly admitted to abusing the youth after taking two ecstasy pills and drinking “half a fifth of tequila,” the statement says. Brown allegedly told deputies he thought the youth was his girlfriend, though that person allegedly lives in Chicago and was not in the home at the time, the statement says.

Brown allegedly admitted to multiple people about assaulting the child.