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Pastor faces new sex crime charges
Posted: 10.03.2012 at 3:59 PM
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The charges are for an alleged incident in 2005

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A Morgan County pastor will be back in court again for sex crimes charges.

Travis Smith, 42, is charged with statutory rape and statutory sodomy.

The Moniteau County prosecutor said these charges stem from an alleged incident in 2005.

Smith has bonded out of jail on a nearly $70,000 bond for all the charges. He's due in court for his arraignment later this month.

These new charges come a little more than a year after Smith was found not guilty on child molestation charges.

In a separate case with a different reported victim, Smith was charged with forcible rape, statutory rape, and sexual abuse stemming from incidents in 1998 and 1999.

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