Jefferson City man accused of throwing 2 teens off hood of SUV
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A 43-year-old Jefferson City man was charged with six felonies after he allegedly drove his SUV erratically to throw two 13-year-olds off of it.
Seth Wilson was charged with two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of armed criminal action and two counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is being held at the Cole County Jail on a $25,000 bond. An arraignment was held on Wednesday.
One of the victims allegedly sat on the hood of the vehicle Monday in the 1300 block of Monroe Street because “his cellphone was on it and he received a missed call from his father,” the probable cause statement says. That teenager sat on the vehicle while returning the call and the other sat with them, according to court documents.
Wilson allegedly then got into the vehicle and drove it with the youths on it, the statement says. He then allegedly made hard stops to get them to fall off, which they eventually did after he drove around the block a few times, the statement says. Witnesses reported seeing at least one of the youths fall off the SUV, and the second had a limp, court documents say.
The probable cause statement says that the two victims claimed Wilson tried to convince them to get into his vehicle after they fell off.