City of Columbia Missouri Police Department

600 E. Walnut Street
Columbia, MO 65201

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 30, 2013

CONTACT: Officer Latisha Stroer, Public Information Officer
Columbia Police Department
(573)874-7448
[email protected]

Arrest Made In Two Separate Child Sexual Abuse Cases

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Arrest Made In Two Separate Child Sexual Abuse Cases

On 8/29/13 at 2:00 P.M., Willie Abercrombie,29, was arrested for child molestation in the first degree with a to be set bond and for statutory rape in the second degree with a bond of $4,500.00 at the Boone County Jail.  The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested Abercrombie for an outstanding Probation and Parole warrant during a traffic stop in Saline County where Abercrombie was the passenger in the vehicle.  Abercrombie was then transferred to the Boone County Jail.

Officers took a report on 9/18/12 at 11:41 A.M., where the juvenile female victim, 11, was touched inappropriately over her clothing by Abercrombie in the 5000 block of Hatteras Drive.

Officers took a report on 4/7/13 at 8:42 P.M., where the juvenile female victim, 14, was sexually assaulted by Abercrombie in the 100 block of East Green Meadows Road. In both cases Abercrombie knew the two different families.



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Columbia is the best place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.

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To serve the public equitably through democratic, transparent and efficient government.

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