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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 21, 2026</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia Police arrest Columbia man for child sex offenses</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Jan. 21, Columbia Police arrested Zachary Hutchinson, 38, of Columbia, for child sex crimes. Officers were made aware of a potentially inappropriate relationship between Hutchinson and a female juvenile on Jan. 15.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patrol officers took the initial report, and the Criminal Investigations Division's Special Victims Unit continued the investigation. On Jan. 21, Hutchinson was arrested without incident, and multiple search warrants were executed to collect evidence.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hutchinson is charged with child molestation in the fourth-degree, three counts of statutory sodomy in the second-degree, attempted enticement of a child, enabling sexual exploitation of a minor, furnishing pornographic material, promoting child pornography in the second-degree and possession of child pornography.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This is an ongoing investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Columbia Police Department at 573.874.7652. To provide information without leaving your name or number, call CrimeStoppers at 573.875.8477 or visit </span><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="http://www.p3tips.com/899?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExNTRjcXBNMjA2VVdSazBjZQEeWtTwMybJza38Tl4wSYajyJQTI_Zf713ElqkK6tBAocUUMi1BesJdZydP6eY_aem_xugvqyBs0iQiygoQc-5ZxA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">http://www.p3tips.com/899</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. If you provide information to CrimeStoppers that leads to an arrest, you may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $2,500. </span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Case Number 2026-000451</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Missouri Statutes </strong></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=566.071"><span style="font-weight: 400;">566.071 Child Molestation - 4th degree</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=566.064"><span style="font-weight: 400;">566.064 Statutory Sodomy - 2nd degree (3 counts)</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=566.151"><span style="font-weight: 400;">566.151 Entice/Attempt Enticement of a Child</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.024"><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.024 Enabling Sexual Exploitation of a Minor</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.040"><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.040 Furnishing Pornographic Material </span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.035:-:text=A%20person%20commits%20the%20offense,minor%20under%20the%20age%20of"><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.035 Promoting Child Pornography - 2nd degree</span></a></p>
<p><a style="white-space:nowrap" href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=573.037"><span style="font-weight: 400;">573.037 Possession of Child Pornography</span></a></p></div>
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