Two area residents are charged with sex-related felonies involving a juvenile in Cooper County.

The alleged incident took place on December 6. According to a Boonville Police report, 43-year-old Joseph Michael Lipscomb, of Richmond, allegedly forced his 12-year-old daughter consume illegal drugs before he and 17-year-old Ryan James Viles, of Hardin, allegedly engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with the juvenile female.

Lipscomb is charged with Class A Felonies for Child Molestation in the First Degree and Abuse or Neglect of a Child Less Than 14 Years Old and Sexual Abuse or Exploitation; a Class E Felony for Incest; and Unclassified Felonies for Rape or Attempted Rape in the First Degree and Sodomy or Attempted Sodomy in the First Degree- Aggravated Sexual Offenses. Bond is set at $500,000 cash only.

Lipscomb was arraigned and entered a plea of not guilty on February 18.

Viles waived formal arraignment and pleaded not guilty to Unclassified Felonies for Statutory Rape or Attempted Statutory Rape in the First Degree- Person Less Than 14 Years Old and Statutory Sodomy or Attempted Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree- Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a Person Less Than 14 Years Old. Bond is set at $150,000 cash only.

Preliminary Hearing Setting in both cases is scheduled for 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 30, at Cooper County Circuit Court.