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    Former Stover, Mo., Police Officer Charged with Statutory Rape

    Man Faces Up to 21 Years in Prison

    By | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Wed, Jan 30, 2013

    A former part-time police officer with the Stover, Mo., Police Department has been charged and arraigned on three counts of second degree statutory rape. Aaron Nelson, 22, is accused of having sex with three girls a total of six times under the age of 17, according to LakeNewsOnline.com. Nelson's employment with the department has since been terminated.

    * ConnectedMissouri.com reveals the incidents happened inside the perpetrator's home in California, Mo. Two of the girls were 16 and another was 15.

    * The case is being heard in Moniteau County, where the alleged rapes occurred. The rapes allegedly happened between April and December.

    * According to a probable cause statement posted by Connected Missouri, one girl gave statements to California Police Department officer Scott Harkins on Saturday. The 15-year-old told Harkins she had "sexual intercourse... on multiple occasions... between the dates of Nov. 1 and Dec. 31."

    * Nelson was read his Miranda rights on Sunday and admitted to having sex with the girl just once. Two other victims spoke to the investigating officer on the same day of Nelson's arrest.

    * One 16-year-old girl claims she had sex with Harkins three times. Two times were in April and another was at the end of the year. The other 16-year-old says she had intercourse with Nelson just one time in early November.

    * In all, the teenage victims allege Nelson had sex with them a total of six times, four of them since early November. Nelson admitted to having sex with all three girls, just not all of the alleged incidents.

    * If convicted on all three counts, Nelson faces a total of 21 years in prison as a class C felony. Statutory rape in the second degree is the charge for when someone 21 or older has sex with someone under the age of 17.

    * Nelson was arraigned Monday and a court hearing was held a day later. According to a search of Missouri Case Net records, Nelson filled out paperwork for a public defender. A counsel status hearing is set for Tuesday. No bond information was publicly posted.

    * A further search of court records indicates Nelson was arraigned on littering charges in the spring of 2009. Other minor infractions include traffic tickets over four years.

    * Stover is a small town in central Missouri west of Jefferson City with a population of 1,091. California is about 35 miles away to the northeast with a population of 4,304. California is part of the Jefferson City Metropolitan Statistical Area.

    William Browning, a lifelong Missouri resident, writes about local and state issues for the Yahoo! Contributor Network. Born in St. Louis, Browning earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Missouri. He currently resides in Branson.

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