Missouri Book Ban Advocate Charged With Molestation

Kansas City’s ABC News affiliate reports:

A Gladstone man, who recently spoke in support of banning books from North Kansas City School District libraries that depicted sexual acts, is facing a felony charge of second-degree child molestation and a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree domestic assault.

Ryan Utterback, 29, is also facing a misdemeanor charge of furnishing pornographic material or attempting to furnish to a minor in a separate case.

In the first case, a probable cause statement alleges Utterback laid down on a bed with a child less than 12 and fondled the child in December of 2020. A separate case alleges Utterback started showing videos sexual in nature on his cellphone to a young child around the time the child was 4 years old.

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Book-banning advocate charged with child molestation. Will the last pedophile claiming to be “protecting kids” please turn out the lights? https://t.co/0wQJVD2OUl

— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) January 29, 2022