Bond has been set at $100,000 cash or surety for a Boonville man who allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old female on July 8 in Cooper County.

According to a report from a Boonville Police officer, the girl, who had been reported as missing on July 7, told authorities Yhwhshua Eliyah LaMoore had forced her to have sexual intercourse with him at his residence. The juvenile also accused LaMoore of forcing her to perform inappropriate sexual acts on him. The girl said she was with LaMoore all the time she was missing.

LaMoore has been charged with Class C Felonies for Sexual Abuse in the First Degree and Child Molestation in the Third Degree of a Child Less Than 14 Years Old; and Unclassified Felonies for Statutory Rape or Attempted Statutory Rape in the First Degree with a Person Less Than 14 Years Old and Sodomy or Attempted Sodomy in the First Degree.

A Motion Hearing in this case is scheduled to be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, September 15 at Cooper County Circuit Court.