A Holts Summit man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for pleading guilty to a charge of statutory rape in the case of a sexual assault involving a child under the age of 12.
Michael Kreps, 40, was given credit for time served. He had been charged with multiple counts in this case, including sodomy, child molestation, promoting child pornography and sexual exploitation, but those were dismissed. He was scheduled to go to trial later this week in Callaway County.
In June, Tenessa Wolfe, 27, of Jefferson City, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy in connection with this case. Three counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, one count of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of first-degree child molestation and one count of first-degree statutory rape were dismissed.
The charging documents indicate Kreps and Wolfe had sexual intercourse in Cole County with the victim, an unnamed girl, touched the victim's private areas, used sexual toys and a metallic ball on the victim, and created child pornography by photographing the victim engaged in sexual intercourse.
The documents show these events occurred between Dec. 1, 2010, and Aug. 1, 2011.
In May 2015, both Kreps and Wolf were arrested in Callaway County on a total of 35 charges.
Kreps was arrested for eight counts of statutory sodomy, three counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual exploitation of a child, one count of statutory rape, one count of promoting child pornography, one count of possession of child pornography and one count of tampering with a victim.
Wolf was arrested at that same time for 14 counts of statutory sodomy, two counts of child molestation and two counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
The Callaway County crimes were listed as having occurred in January 2010.
At the time of their arrests, authorities said they took Kreps and Wolfe into custody as the result of an extensive investigation. The Callaway County Sheriff's Office, Holts Summit Police Department, Boone County Sheriff's Office Cyber Crimes Unit and the Rolla Police Department all aided in the investigation.
Three separate victims were identified, and their families were notified at that time.
Wolfe and Kreps were indicted by the Cole County Grand Jury in August 2015, which is when their charging documents were made public.