Men from Bonne Terre and Farmington, which are charged in cases of sex crime

The Department of Drugs and Crime Control of the Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested two people in connection with the investigation of sexual crime by children who were carried out by the department for special victims of the agency.

On May 20, 2025, 32-year-old Robert Rutherford-Sobol was arrested by Bonne Terre after an investigation that began in March 2025. During the examination, the SVU investigators received a cyber-tip that indicated that a device connected to Rutherford-Sobol had uploaded a sexually explicit image that was identified as child pornography. A search command was carried out in Rutherford-Sobol's residence in St. Francois County, where the investigators interviewed him and confiscated several objects of evidence. He was arrested and taken to St. Francois County prison.

On May 21, 2025, the public prosecutor of St. Francois County Rutherford-Sobol accused a criminal offense of child pornography. He remains in custody in the prison of St. Francois County with a bond of $ 50,000.

Also on May 21, 2025, 24-year-old Christopher C. was arrested in a separate case shortly before Farmington, which dates in December 2024. In this case, SVU investigators received a cyber tip in which it was reported that a device connected to short had shared a video identified as child pornography. The investigators carried out a search command in Short in Farmington Residence, where they interviewed it and recorded evidence. He was arrested and taken to St. Francois County prison.

On May 22, 2025, the public prosecutor of St. Francois County Short Short accused two crimes of a child's sexual trade. He is recorded in the St. Francois County prison with a bond of $ 200,000.

The division of drug and crime control calls on Internet users to report people who try to initiate undesirable, inappropriate or sexual communication with children into the patrol or the local law enforcement authorities.

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