MISSOURI
Lake News Online
Posted Jan. 20, 2015
Morgan County
A trial setting for a California, Mo. man charged with multiple felonies related to alleged sexual relations with two underage girls has been rescheduled.
Travis Smith was formerly a pastor at a church in Stover.
He is facing charges of forcible sodomy, forcible rape, sexual abuse, statutory sodomy and three counts of second degree statutory rape in Moniteau County, stemming from alleged incidents in 1998, 1999 and 2005.
Judge Kenneth Hayden will now preside over the trial setting hearing on March 13, 2015 instead of the original date of Jan. 16, 2015 after Moniteau County Prosecuting Attorney Shayne Healea made a motion to appoint a special prosecutor to the case.
Healea is facing his own troubles after being indicted Nov. 21 on charges related to an alleged drunk driving accident in Columbia in October.
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