Former West Middle School teacher charged with child sex crimes gets bond, home detention ordered
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A former West Middle School teacher who was charged with several child sex crimes last month was given a home-detention order after he received a bond.
Zachary Hutchinson, 38, of Columbia, was charged on Jan. 21 in Boone County with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, one count of child enticement, sexually exploiting a minor, giving pornographic material to a minor (a misdemeanor), second-degree promoting child porn and possessing child porn.
His bond was amended to $25,000 on Tuesday, according to court filings. He is not currently listed on the Boone County Jail roster. He was ordered to home detention on Tuesday under the supervision of Adult Court Services.
He is not allowed to have access to any electronics or use the internet and cannot have no contact with the victim or other children, court filings show.
The probable cause statement says Hutchinson encouraged the victim to go into his vehicle to perform sexual acts. The victim’s mother allegedly found nude photographs of Hutchinson on the victim’s phone and additional messages appeared to show Hutchinson making plans to meet with the youth.
Text messages described in court documents took place over the course of several days and showed explicit conversations and details of illicit photos between Hutchinson and the victim.
The incident did not involve Columbia Public Schools or any of its students, a district spokesperson said when charges were initially filed. The Columbia Police Department also stated in a social media post that Hutchinson and the victim “did not meet as a result of his employment, nor did any known contact occur on school property.”