MISSOURI
Columbia Daily Tribune

Boone County sheriff’s detectives arrested a 42-year-old Columbia man Friday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a juvenile female and possessing child pornography.

Dale G. Johnson, 950 W. Akeman Bridge Road, was being held in the Boone County Jail awaiting bond to be set on two counts of first degree statutory sodomy and one count of possession of child pornography.

Johnson was the youth director at Parkade Baptist Church, 2102 N. Garth Ave., until he was placed on leave Feb. 11 when administrators found out about the investigation, Pastor Chris Cook said Saturday. Cook said Johnson later resigned. He could not provide more details.