Friday 27th June 2025

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Charged with multiple sex-related felonies involving a juvenile, a Boonville teen is due in court.

A Boonville Police report says a 12-year-old girl told authorities Ywhwshua Eliyah LaMoore had forced her to have sexual intercourse with him and other sexual acts at his residence.

Court documents say LaMoore is charged with felonies for sexual abuse in the first degree; child molestation in the third degree; 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. LaMoore was indicted by a Grand Jury on February 22.

LaMoore pleaded not guilty on February 22. His next hearing is set for 9 a.m. Monday, November 8, at Cooper County Circuit Court.

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