Man pleads guilty to multiple counts of child molestation, sentenced to 20 years in prison
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man pleaded guilty on Monday to multiple child sex crimes.
Tarl Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree child molestation and one count of third-degree child molestation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was given credit for time served.
He was originally charged with two counts of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 12 years old and one count of statutory sodomy of a child younger than 14 years old.
Multiple child victims described sexual assaults by Williams in court documents. The children stated the assaults began when they were very young, the probable cause statement says.
Williams was arrested in a Fazoli’s parking lot and initially denied the allegations to police before admitting to the allegations in an interview, the statement says.