An arraignment has been scheduled in the case involving a 26-year-old Sedalia man facing a felony charge for allegedly having inappropriate sexual contact with a teenage female more than three years ago.

On the August 14th, 2017, a teenager reported in explicit detail to a Child Safe investigator a sexual assault that she had allegedly suffered at the hands of Jesus Alberto Vanegas-Esquivel.

When Vanegas-Esquivel was located and arrested in Morgan County on February 20, 2020, he reportedly admitted to the inappropriate sexual contact with the juvenile.

Vanegas-Esquivel has been charged with a Class D Felony for Statutory Rape in the Second Degree and a Class E Felony for Child Molestation in the Fourth Degree- Child Less Than 17 Years of Age and Offender Greater Than Four Years Older. The court has ordered no bond.

Vanegas-Esquivel’s attorney has filed motions for Change of Venue as well as Change of Judge. The Court has not filed an answer to that request. A hearing in this case is scheduled to be held at 9 a.m. on Monday, August 17 at Pettis County Circuit Court.