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Two additional charges have been filed against a Blue Springs man and soccer coach who was arrested on charges relating to child molestation.
The two new felony charges – statutory sodomy and child molestation – were filed against Richard G. Burroughs Friday by Jackson County prosecutors.
According to court documents, the new charges involve a 12-year-old girl who claimed Burroughs touched her genitals and her breast with his hand. The incident is believed to have occured between September and November 2011.
Burroughs, 44, who lives on Southwest Park Avenue, was charged Jan. 27 with two counts of first-degree child molestation, first-degree sodomy and third-degree assault, according to Blue Springs police.
The offenses are alleged to have involved two girls under the age of 14.
According to police documents, a mother told police that her 12-year-old daughter had spent the night at Burroughs’ home in October or November of 2011 because she was a friend of Burroughs’ daughter. During the night, Burroughs is alleged to have entered the room and put his hand down her pants and touched her privates.
The victim later told her friend, Burroughs’ daughter, who told her she must have been dreaming.
Another victim, an 11-year-old girl, told a school counselor that Burroughs, her soccer coach, had touched her inappropriately while sleeping over at his home on New Year’s Eve. Police documents state that he rubbed her chest with his arm while reaching across her while she was on the computer.
Both victims were players on a local youth soccer team, which Burroughs coached for about five years. They told each other their stories and decided to tell the school counselor.
Police questioned Burroughs and asked him if they could look on his computer, to which Burroughs “got quiet and appeared nervous,” according to court documents. He told police he would consult an attorney.
A police spokesperson for Blue Springs police said Burroughs had coached a recreational league that is not associated with the Blue Springs School District. He also coached softball.
Bond was set at $125,000 cash only. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
Two additional charges have been filed against a Blue Springs man and soccer coach who was arrested on charges relating to child molestation.
The two new felony charges – statutory sodomy and child molestation – were filed against Richard G. Burroughs Friday by Jackson County prosecutors.
According to court documents, the new charges involve a 12-year-old girl who claimed Burroughs touched her genitals and her breast with his hand. The incident is believed to have occured between September and November 2011.
Burroughs, 44, who lives on Southwest Park Avenue, was charged Jan. 27 with two counts of first-degree child molestation, first-degree sodomy and third-degree assault, according to Blue Springs police.
The offenses are alleged to have involved two girls under the age of 14.
According to police documents, a mother told police that her 12-year-old daughter had spent the night at Burroughs’ home in October or November of 2011 because she was a friend of Burroughs’ daughter. During the night, Burroughs is alleged to have entered the room and put his hand down her pants and touched her privates.
The victim later told her friend, Burroughs’ daughter, who told her she must have been dreaming.
Another victim, an 11-year-old girl, told a school counselor that Burroughs, her soccer coach, had touched her inappropriately while sleeping over at his home on New Year’s Eve. Police documents state that he rubbed her chest with his arm while reaching across her while she was on the computer.
Both victims were players on a local youth soccer team, which Burroughs coached for about five years. They told each other their stories and decided to tell the school counselor.
Police questioned Burroughs and asked him if they could look on his computer, to which Burroughs “got quiet and appeared nervous,” according to court documents. He told police he would consult an attorney.
A police spokesperson for Blue Springs police said Burroughs had coached a recreational league that is not associated with the Blue Springs School District. He also coached softball.
Bond was set at $125,000 cash only. He is scheduled to appear in court Wednesday.
