St. Edward man is accused of sexual assault and sending inappropriate text messages to two underage girls
Neal C. Reardon
FULLERTON — A St. Edward man has pled not guilty to charges in the Nance County District Court.
Neal C. Reardon, 23, of St. Edward, is accused of sexual assault and sending inappropriate text messages to two underage girls.
He is charged with sexual assault – 1st degree (Class II Felony), enticement by electronic communication device (Class IV Felony) and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child (Class I Misdemeanor).
A status hearing is scheduled for April 7 at 1:30 p.m. A jury trial is scheduled to begin on June 29 at 9 a.m. The case is in the Nance County District Court with Judge Rachel Daugherty presiding.
Reardon was arrested on Feb. 3.
According to court documents, Nance County Deputy Eric Griffin interviewed the girls, age 15 and 16. Reardon allegedly sent sexually explicit images to the girls sometime from late December to early January while the girls were on winter break. The girls told Griffin that in November they had been in Reardon’s vehicle driving on gravel roads in rural Nance and Boone counties. The girls were intoxicated and this was when the alleged sexual assault occurred.
Griffin wrote that Reardon admitted to sending the explicit message including pictures to the girls and knew one of them were under the age of 16. He also wrote that Reardon admitted that he knew the girls were intoxicated when they were in his vehicle. During the interview, Reardon admitted to the assault, with the victim being 15 at the time of the incident.
Reardon is currently being held at Platte County Detention Center on a $50,000 bond.