Boone County man arrested on multiple sex charges against children

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Boone County man was arrested Friday morning on several crimes after an investigation into sex crimes against a child.

A Boone County Sheriff’s deputy arrested Ryan Scott Pape, 33, after a child abuse investigation began on Sept. 21.

A 10-year-old child told investigators that Pape had inappropriately touched the child and performed sexual acts on the child over the last four years, in the department's release on Facebook.

According to the release, a Boone County investigator worked with the Ashland Police Department, who was investigating Pape for a different case involving another child between 2014 and 2016.

Online court documents have not been filed yet regarding Pape. He is currently in the Boone County Jail being held without bond.