Fulton sex offender accused of paying children to perform sex acts
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A sex offender in Fulton was charged with a plethora of child sex crimes on Thursday.
Leslie Lee Rodgers, 65, was charged with two counts of child enticement, seven counts of statutory sodomy of a victim younger than 12 years old, two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of tampering with a victim in a felony prosecution.
Rodgers is being held at the Callaway County Jail without bond. A court date has not been set. He was also charged earlier this year with being a sex offender too close to a park. A hearing in that case is set for 9 a.m. Friday, June 27 at the Callaway County Courthouse.
Rodgers was arrested for loitering at one of the victim’s soccer games at a park on April 10, the probable cause statement says.
One of the victims allegedly told their parents that day that they had been sexually assaulted by Rodgers several times, the statement says.
That victim and a second child victim described to law enforcement multiple assaults while at Rodgers’ residence, the statement says. The victims claimed Rodgers gave them money several times and instructed them not to tell anyone because he would get in trouble, court documents say.
Rodgers allegedly told police that he was touched by the victims while he slept, woke up and went back to sleep, court documents say.
Rodgers was found guilty by a Boone County jury in 1996 of two counts of first-degree child molestation and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, court filings show.