Columbia man charged with child sex crime
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Columbia man has been charged with a child sex crime after authorities say he messaged someone who posed as a minor and asked them to meet for sex.
Torrey Guerra, 48, was charged with child enticement and misdemeanor illegal possession of drug paraphernalia. He is being held at the Boone County Jail without bond. An initial court appearance was held Wednesday.
The probable cause statement says a Boone County deputy posed as a 16-year-old girl on a website that “advertises adult escorts,” and received a text message from Guerra at 9:07 a.m. Tuesday. Guerra alleged stated he was OK with the decoy’s age when the account said they were 16, the statement says.
Guerra exchanged images with the decoy and allegedly offered them drugs, according to court documents.
Guerra made plans to pick up the decoy and sat outside a residence in a Google Fiber truck about two hours after the first text message was sent, the statement says. He was then arrested and allegedly admitted to knowing that he was trying to meet a youth, court documents say.