Cape man charged with statutory sodomy

A Cape Girardeau man is being held for allegedly sodomizing a 12-year-old girl. Jeremy T. Guyton, 20, was charged on Friday with one count of felony statutory sodomy with a child under 14 years old. He is being held on a $50,000 cash or surety bond. The incident reportedly occurred on Sept. 1, at the victim's home. According to reports, a relative let Guyton in to use the bathroom, where the rape allegedly occurred.

Gov. Blunt makes state board appointments

Gov. Matt Blunt made 17 appointments to state boards, commissions and councils earlier this week, including Drew Juden to the Missouri Seismic Safety Commission. Juden, 48, is the director for the Sikeston Department of Public Safety and is a certified fire instructor, police baton instructor, police performance conditioning instructor and hazardous materials instructor. His appointment is subject to Senate confirmation for a term ending July 1, 2008.

Parolee faces life for cocaine distribution

A parolee faces life in prison for allegedly distributing cocaine near Southeast Missouri State University. Charles E. Jones III, 29, of Cape Girardeau was charged Wednesday with one felony count of distribution of a controlled substance and is being held on a $75,000 bond. During an ongoing narcotics investigation, Jones sold cocaine for $450 to a confidential informant with the SEMO Drug Task Force, according to the probable cause statement. The transaction reportedly occurred at Village on the Green apartments, which is within 2,000 feet of the university. Jones is on parole from a 10-year sentence for drug trafficking.

Two charged with trying to smuggle marijuana

Two people were charged Tuesday with conspiring to smuggle marijuana into the Scott County Jail. Dustin Sitzes, 29, of Cape Girardeau was already an inmate at the jail, charged with failure to appear for possession of a controlled substance. On a visit to the jail, Susan R. Haney allegedly hid marijuana for Sitzes in a public area. Sitzes, who was a trusty at the jail, planned to pick up the marijuana during a routine cleaning of the public areas, police said. The jail staff found the contraband before anyone else could pick it up. Haney, 25, of Chaffee, Mo., was arrested and released on a $25,000 cash or surety bond. Both were charged with one felony count of delivery or possession of a controlled substance to a county jail.

-- From staff reports