A Boonville woman has been arrested and charged with a sex-related felony involving juveniles.
According to a post on the Cooper County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page, on Tuesday, June 26, deputies with the sheriff’s office and investigators with the Missouri State Highway Patrol executed a search warrant on West End Street in Boonville. During the search, 49-year-old Brady S. Anton, was taken into custody on a Grand Jury indictment.
Authorities allege Anton had illegal contact with underage children in the Boonville area between 2010 and 2013.
Authorities say the investigation is ongoing, and if you have any information that may be of value, you are urged to call the sheriff’s department at (660) 882-2771.
According to online court documents, a warrant has been issued and Anton has been charged with a Class C Felony for Statutory Sodomy in the Second Degree and a misdemeanor for Child Molestation in the Second Degree. Bond has been set at $15,000 cash only, with a condition that she is to have no contact with minor children.
Anton’s initial hearing at Cooper County Circuit Court is pending.