Globe runs story of reporter accused of sex with 14-year-old girl

Though it is not on the homepage of the Joplin Globe website as of this writing, the Globe has posted an article on the arrest of one of its former reporters on a charge involving sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Reporter Jeff Lehr, quite properly, included Williams' connection with the Globe early and prominently in the story, referring to it again at the story's conclusion:

The second paragraph of the story features this information:

A criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Springfield charges Colby L. Williams, 24, who worked this summer as an intern at the Globe, with having sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl while in the Mediterranean country of Cyprus in 2007 with the missionary group Team Expansion of Louisville, Ky.

This information was included in the final paragraph:

Williams worked as an intern at the Globe for four weeks this summer and performed some freelance videography for the newspaper after the internship.