Advance man arrested on molestation charges

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- An Advance man has been arrested for allegedly molesting a child under 14 years of age. Daniel Keith Dye, 38 of Advance, was originally arrested in September for possession of methamphetamine and paraphernalia. Since being arrested, the charges regarding the molestation case were filed. He now faces charges of the unclassified felony of first degree statutory rape of a person less than 14 and the unclassified felony of statutory sodomy and deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 14 years old. The victim's mother told Bell City Police Department that her child had been touched inappropriately on multiple occasions by Dye. The molestations are believed to have occurred in the bedroom of Dye at his home on Freeze St. in Advance. Dye's bond has been set at $20,000 cash-only and he remains in jail at this time.