Rolla man charged with first-degree sodomy, several counts of child abuse

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Rolla man was charged with 11 felonies after a child was reported to have several serious injuries when they were brought to a Phelps County hospital on Jan. 14, 2025.

Devin McCollum was charged with one count of first-degree sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and 10 counts of child abuse. A criminal summons was issued on Monday. An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8.

The probable cause statement says the victim stayed with McCollum and another person from Jan. 10-14, 2025. When the youth’s parents picked them up on Jan. 14, they brought the child to a hospital because of their injuries. The child was then sent to Children’s Hospital in St. Louis due to the extent of their injuries, the statement says.

Court documents listed a large number of injuries, including cracked ribs, cuts to their liver, a bite mark, bruising that was described as “too numerous to count,” and more.

McCollum allegedly told authorities on Jan. 23, 2025, the child was injured after they tripped over a dog on Jan. 12, the statement says. But authorities wrote that they found video footage of the youth in public the next day without any noticeable injuries.