A Friday, June 6 arraignment has been scheduled in Cole County Circuit Court for former Collins Mayor Allen Kauffman, who is charged with sexual misconduct involving a child less than 14. Kauffman posted $5,000 bond, according to court records.
Kauffman, 62, who is a minister, is also charged in Newton County with three counts of enticing a child, after being caught in one of Diamond Police officer Jim Murray's internet stings. Kauffman was still Collins mayor at the time of his arrest. He resigned shortly thereafter.
He has hired southwest Missouri's most prominent criminal defense attorney, Dee Wampler, Springfield, to represent him. The next pre-trial hearing in Newton County is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Monday, June 9.
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