Crime & Safety
St. Charles Man Made Child Porn While Molesting Girl, Investigators Say
St. Charles County Sheriff's Department investigators found child pornography on Kriston M. Bickers' computer, officials said.
A St. Charles man is accused of making child pornography and molesting a 12-year-old girl.
Kriston Murray Bickers, 35, of the 1900 block of Ruger Court in St. Charles, was charged Friday with first-degree promoting child pornography, first-degree child molestation and possession of child pornography.
St. Charles County Sheriff’s Department investigators said Bickers had images of himself touching 12-year-old girl’s genitals. He also had images of the child going to the bathroom and changing clothes.
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Officials searched Bickers’ home on Thursday and found his computer contained child pornography, according to a court document.
Investigators said Bickers consented to a polygraph test and admitted touching the child inappropriately in June 2013. He told officers the child’s first name, but said he did not know her last name and wasn’t sure if it was her real first name.
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Police confirmed her identity with the child’s mother Friday.
Bickers is being held in the St. Charles County jail. Bail was set at $750,000, cash only.
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