Man charged with sodomy in Camden County gets probation

CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. — An Illinois man charged with sodomy and child molestation has pleaded guilty under a plea agreement and will serve five years of probation.

Online court documents show 23-year-old Grant Keller pleaded guilty on July 3 under a plea agreement that dismisses two of his charges (fourth-degree child molestation and supplying liquor to a minor) and reduces two sodomy charges to assault and harassment.

Keller will spend five years on probation under the agreement, according to documents.

In 2022, a probable cause statement says Keller met a 15-year-old girl who was a waitress at a restaurant in Camdenton.

The two exchanged Snapchat information and Keller later contacted her, documents say, where she revealed she had just turned 15. Keller told her his age (21 at the time) and reportedly told her “hit me up when your 18.”

The probable cause statement said Keller later invited the girl to a party where he gave her alcohol and performed sexual acts with her.

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