A 48-year-old man has been charged in Buchanan County with statutory sodomy stemming from incidents that allegedly took place in St. Joseph in 2012.

Wesley Waller of Maryville was charged Friday with a felony for Statutory Sodomy.

According to court documents, between 2012 and 2013 in St. Joseph Waller is accused of performing sexual acts with a child who was at the time less than 6-years-old.

“According to the juvenile victim, the sexual assaults were on-going over multiple years and happened numerous times.  According to the victim, the defendant told her not to tell or he would keep doing it,” said Officer Quentin Abbott with the St. Joseph Police Department.  “During this investigation, another juvenile victim has been identified.  Additional victims who are now adults have also disclosed similar sexual abuse by the defendant which occurred when they were children.  The sexual assaults by the defendant include several victims over a several year time span.

Waller is being held on $50,000 bail.  An arraignment is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday.