Stover man faces several more child molestation charges
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Stover man who was charged last month with several child sex crimes has been accused of several more crimes.
Joseph Kucera, 79, was charged on Thursday with four counts of second-degree child molestation of a child younger than 12 years old. He was charged last month with four counts of third-degree child molestation of a child younger than 14 years old. He is being held at the Morgan County Jail on a $500,000 bond in the new case.
A disposition hearing for his original set of charges is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19.
The probable cause statement for his new charges says two more potential victims came forward to law enforcement on July 24 after Kucera was charged and in jail. The victims described multiple assaults that allegedly occurred as far back as 2022, the statement says.
Previous reporting indicates two victims were sexually abused by Kucera and he allegedly admitted to molesting one of them.