Two convicted of child sex crimes

Two Callaway County men were convicted of sexual crimes against minors Monday.

Samuel Langdon, 62, of Fulton, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on each of four counts of child molestation to be served concurrently. Wesley Dailey, 20, of Holts Summit, was sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual assault.

Langdon pleaded guilty to four counts of child molestation in the first degree, according to a news release from Prosecuting Attorney Christopher Wilson.

The adolescent victim reported to the Callaway County Sheriff's Office that Langdon began touching her inappropriately when she was around 5 years old. She was 12 when she spoke to investigators in March, according to a probable cause statement.

Langdon admitted to perpetrating "various sexual acts" against the victim in early 2017.

The victim told investigators about several specific incidents of molestation, including a time when Langdon touched her inappropriately in the car while they were driving to pick up her sibling from elementary school.

In the course of the investigation, law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for Langdon's phone and home computer and subsequently discovered digital images of child pornography stored on the computer, including explicit photos of the victim.

In a separate case, Dailey pleaded guilty to sexual assault in December 2017. According to the probable cause statement, Dailey came into sexual contact with a female child victim on Dec. 22, 2017, in Holts Summit and masturbated onto her feet.

The probable cause statement states on Feb. 1, 2018, the teenage minor victim "disclosed to a high school guidance counselor (the teen) had been inappropriately touched by Wesley Dailey."

The probable cause statement reported the victim was sleeping on the couch when Dailey approached and began rubbing the teen's feet. The two were alone in the house. The teen repeatedly attempted to pull away from Dailey, refusing to participate in any sexual acts with him.

Dailey admitted to masturbating on the couch and coming in contact with the victim's feet to the Callaway County Sheriff's Office.

"Sexual assault investigations are complex, especially when they involve children," Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism said. "Many of these investigations lead to a lengthy judicial process and securing criminal convictions in these cases help the victims obtain closure. Furthermore, these convictions are a great reflection of the quality work done by our deputies and prosecuting attorney to hold the abusers accountable for their actions."