MISSOURI
Fox 2
JULY 8, 2015, BY JOE MILLITZER
LAKE ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) – A 26-year-old man working for the Wentzville School District’s Chautauqua Program since November 2012 has been charged with two counts of child molestation. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Cameron Patterson works as a youth pastor at Ballwin Baptist Church and is a supervisor of a before-and-after school program. The school district says that the victim is not a student at their schools.
Prosecutor Tim Lohmar says that:
“The events that are alleged to have occurred between 2006 and 2011. If proven guilty, Mr. Patterson currently faces a maximum range of punishment of 15 years prison, and lifetime sex offender registration. Though the defendant regularly came into contact with children through his employment, we have no reason to believe that any of those children are victims of Mr. Patterson. Out of respect for the privacy of the victim, we cannot release any additional information about the victim’s identity. The investigation remains ongoing, and additional charges may be filed.“
Cameron was arrested at Piney Ridge Elementary School where he was working at summer school.
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