Wellsville man charged with statutory rape, sodomy

Ryan Shiner

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Wellsville man has been charged with several child sex crimes.

Jerry Wayne Fischer was charged on Friday in Montgomery County with three counts of second-degree statutory rape and five counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. A no-bond warrant was served. An initial court appearance is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.

The probable cause statement says Fischer allegedly raped and sodomized a youth more than 10 times during the summer of 2022 to November of the same year.

More than one assault occurred at a cemetery and the victim’s mother allegedly found Fischer assaulting the victim on one occasion, the statement says.

The victim allegedly reported the assaulted on Nov. 18, 2022.

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