A $100,000 code bond was set for a Joplin gymnastics coach following a hearing Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court.
Kip Andrew Johnson, 45, is charged with two counts of statutory sodomy and a single count of furnishing pornographic material to a minor.
Judge Joseph Hensley placed conditions if Johnson is able to post bond.
If Defendant makes bond, he shall not be released until an ankle monitor is installed. Condition of electronic monitoring are that Defendant is to be placed on house arrest, and may not leave his residence with the exception of court dates and appointments with his attorney. Defendant may not have any contact with the alleged victim, direct or indirect, through any manner or medium. Defendant may not have contact with any person under the age of 18, including family members. Defendant shall have no access to the internet. The Court is advised defendant is still held without bond in Newton County so will continue to be held even if defendant makes this bond until he receives a bond in Newton County.
Johnson's attorney, Brian Glades, filed a bond reduction motion in Newton County Circuit Court, but online records do not indicate that a date has been scheduled for a bond hearing.
Johnson allegedly molested a 14-year-old boy at his home resulting in the Jasper County charges. The Newton County charges allege Johnson committed two acts of statutory sodomy with the same boy in a first floor examination room at his workplace, Freeman Rehabilitation and Sports Center.
Johnson's bond reduction motion in Jasper County Circuit Court indicates that no longer is his workplace.
4 comments:
@6:12 This is not how a functioning society works. This is why there are people like psychologists, who know what they're talking about. And then there's you, claiming to know more than an educated, trained professional.
Can this person be rehabilitated? I don't know, but at least I'm not pretending to know.
Anonymous 10:28- While your benevolent comments are well thought out, I'm thinking they may take a 180 if your son or daughter were the victim. There is no room for bleeding hearts in this discussion.
People like that cannot be rehabilitated. You hurt a child, you do not deserve to breathe.
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