(From the Jasper County Sheriff's Office)On 12/29/2020, during follow-up investigation of reported “crimes against children” involving incidents in both Webb City and Jasper County, Jasper County Detectives applied for, and received, a search warrant for the residence of 62-year-old Michael Shawn Schmitt of Joplin.
On 12/30/2020, during the service of the search warrant, and the investigation that followed, Mr. Schmitt was arrested and is currently being held at the Jasper County Detention Center, on a no bond warrant, on the following charges:
1. Statutory Rape or Attempted Statutory Rape 1st Degree / Victim under age of 14
2. Statutory Sodomy or Attempted Statutory Sodomy / Deviate Sexual Intercourse
3. Possession of Child Pornography
This investigation is ongoing and further charges may be submitted later; as more victims are identified.
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