ADRIAN SHAW FOUND GUILTY STATUTORY SODOMY FIRST DEGREE
OZARK, MO – The Christian County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announces that Adrian Shaw, age 56, of St. Louis, Missouri, was found guilty of statutory sodomy first degree. A jury trial commenced on Monday, August 14, 2017 in the City of St. Louis with the Honorable Judge Jimmie Edwards presiding. The jury rendered its guilty verdict on Thursday, August 17, 2017, finding the defendant guilty of statutory sodomy in the first degree of a child less than 12. The facts presented included that on or between June 2 and June 3, 2015, the defendant had deviate sexual intercourse with a three-year-old little girl. The defendant was the boyfriend of the child’s grandmother. The court prior to commencement of the jury trial found the defendant to be a prior and persistent felony offender. The Honorable Jimmie Edwards will sentence Shaw on October 6, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in Division 19 of the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis.
The case was prosecuted by Prosecuting Attorney Amy Fite and First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kristen M. Tuohy serving as special prosecutors. The Christian County Prosecuting Attorney was appointed January 31, 2017 by the Honorable Michael Stelzer of the 22nd Judicial Circuit to serve as a special prosecutor for this matter. The City of St. Louis Police Department’s Child Abuse Unit Detective Julie Johnson was the primary investigator of this crime.
NATHAN C. FALIG JR. FOUND GUILTY OF SEPTEMBER 2015 RAPE, SODOMY, SEXUAL ABUSE, KIDNAPPING AND TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
OZARK, MO – The Christian County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office announces that Nathan Calistro Falig Jr. was found guilty of rape in the first degree, two counts of sodomy in the first degree, sexual abuse in the first degree, kidnapping, and two counts of tampering with physical evidence. Falig was found not guilty of armed criminal action. The Honorable Judge Jennifer Growcock reached her verdict after hearing evidence about the September 2015 offenses over the course of a two-day bench trial held on July 25-26, 2017. The verdict was announced in open court on August 3, 2017. Falig is set for sentencing before the Honorable Jennifer Growcock on October 3, 2017, at 10:00 AM.
The case was prosecuted by First Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Kristen M. Tuohy. The Ozark Police Department investigated the crime.