Jefferson City woman gets 25 years for sexual assault of child

Holts Summit man faces fall trial in same case

A Jefferson City woman has pleaded guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault involving a child under the age of 12 and has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Tenessa Wolfe, 27, pleaded guilty to five counts of first-degree statutory sodomy. 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.

Michael Kreps, 39, of Holts Summit, is also facing multiple charges in this case and is awaiting his next court appearance.

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.

Court records show he is scheduled to go to trial in this case in September.

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.

Her case was moved to Boone County, where no upcoming court date is listed.

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.

Because the grand jury is a secret body, the law enforcement probable cause statements giving specific details of the cases were not made public.