Man suspected of sexually abusing juvenile, Columbia Daily Tribune (March 08, 2015)

Man suspected of sexually abusing juvenile

Columbia Daily Tribune
March 08, 2015

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Dale Johnson: Being held in Boone County Jail

Boone County sheriff’s detectives arrested a 42-year-old Columbia man Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a juvenile female and possessing child pornography.

Dale G. Johnson, 950 W. Akeman Bridge Road, was being held in the Boone County Jail awaiting bond to be set on two counts of first degree statutory sodomy and one count of possession of child pornography.

Johnson was the youth director at Parkade Baptist Church, 2102 N. Garth Ave., until he was placed on leave Feb. 11 when administrators found out about the investigation, Pastor Chris Cook said Saturday. Cook said Johnson later resigned. He could not provide more details.

A news release from the sheriff’s department said Johnson turned himself in at about 4:30 p.m. Friday.

The sheriff’s department began an investigation in early February after the Missouri Division of Children’s Services received a hotline call, the news release said. Detectives said the sexual assaults allegedly occurred on different occasions dating back to 2013. The release said that the victim and the subject knew each other.