Shawn Aaron LaFollette, 48, of the De Soto-area has been charged with three felonies and a misdemeanor for allegedly molesting a young girl over the past eight to nine years, court records show.
LaFollette allegedly “engaged in various types of sexual contact” with the girl in both De Soto and Belleville, Ill. The victim, who was about 8 when the alleged molestation began, estimated that LaFollette molested her on about 15 occasions since 2014, the probable-cause statement said.
LaFollette allegedly confessed to molesting the girl, the report said.
On Feb. 28, the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged LaFollette with first-degree statutory sodomy-deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 14 years old, an unclassified felony; two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, each one a class C felony; and second-degree child molestation, a class A misdemeanor. The maximum penalty for a class C felony is 10 years in prison, the maximum penalty for a class A misdemeanor is one year and the maximum penalty for the unclassified felony depends on the particulars of the case.
LaFollette was being held Friday (March 2) at the Jefferson County Jail on a $50,000 cash-only bond.