Woman receives seven-year sentence in sex abuse case

By Adam Rollins, Staff Writer
Posted 11/7/19

A woman accused of having sexual contact with two children pleaded guilty this month to two felony charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison.Kelly McGee-Walters, 47, Warrenton, submitted …

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Woman receives seven-year sentence in sex abuse case

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A woman accused of having sexual contact with two children pleaded guilty this month to two felony charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison.Kelly McGee-Walters, 47, Warrenton, submitted guilty pleas Oct. 11 to two counts of sexual misconduct involving a child under 15, a class E felony, according to court records. The charges arose from an alleged 2012 incident involving children who were 11 and 9 years old at the time.Associate Circuit Judge Linda Hamlett sentenced McGee-Walters to four years in prison for the first sexual misconduct charge and three years for the second. The terms will be served consecutively for a total of seven years, with credit for the time she has already spent in jail.Warrenton police began an investigation into McGee-Walters in June 2017, after receiving information from the Missouri Division of Family Services about a December 2012 incident.Court documents state police interviewed the two victims, who reported that McGee-Walters had coerced them into sexual contact at a home on Southside Avenue in Warrenton. One of the girls, who was 11 at the time, told police McGee-Walters had touched her breasts while she objected. The girl also alleged that McGee-Walters had taken her and a younger girl into a bathroom and made them touch McGee-Walters inappropriately.One of the victims recalled McGee-Walters telling them not to tell a parent about the contact.During an interview with police, McGee-Walters allegedly admitted to touching one of the girls inappropriately, taking both girls into the bathroom and having one of them touch her inappropriately while her clothing was partially removed.McGee-Walters originally had been charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation, but pleaded guilty to the lesser charges.After the initial case was opened against McGee-Walters, prosecutors also filed charges for misdemeanor sex crimes that police investigated in the later half of 2018. McGee-Walters also pleaded guilty to those charges Oct. 11.A charge of furnishing pornographic material to a minor was filed after McGee-Walters allegedly sent an inappropriate message to a 15-year-old girl on Aug. 9, 2018. The message allegedly contained a video of two characters from the Disney movie “Toy Story,” which suddenly switched to video of a naked man touching his genitalia. Police said McGee-Walters admitted to sending the message.Another charge, second-degree sexual abuse, stems from an incident reported on Dec. 4, 2018. An adult woman told police that several days earlier, McGee-Walters had wrapped her arms around the woman from behind and pressed on her breasts, allegedly stating “nice breasts.” McGee-Walters at the time denied that accusation, according to police.Judge Hamlett sentenced McGee-Walters to one year for both charges, to be served concurrently with the seven year sentence. In effect, she will not serve any additional time for the convictions.

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