Jordan Fowle, 57, of House Springs turned himself into the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office a week after he was charged with child sex crimes. The former Town and Country Police officer is accused of sexually abusing two girls for more than a decade, court records show.
Fowle was being held Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the Jefferson County Jail in Hillsboro without bond, Sheriff’s Office spokesman Grant Bissell said.
On Jan. 16, the Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Fowle with seven felonies and two misdemeanors for reportedly molesting the two girls, who were younger than 17 when the alleged abuse began, according to court documents.
Fowle has been charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation and three counts of second-degree child molestation (aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 17 with the offender more than four years older), each of them a class B felony punishable by five to 15 years in prison. He is also charged with second-degree sodomy, a class D felony that carries a penalty of up to seven years in prison; second-degree sexual abuse-aggravated sexual offense, a class E felony punishable by up to four years in prison; and two counts of second-degree child molestation, which are class A misdemeanors that carry a penalty of up to one year in jail and a possible fine of up to $2,000, court records said.
Court records show Fowle’s attorney, Richard Lozano, on Jan. 17 filed a motion for a bond reduction before his client was in custody. A no-bond warrant was issued for Fowle’s arrest on Jan. 16.
A bond reduction hearing is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 29, according to court documents.
In a motion for bond reduction, Lozano wrote there is no evidence Fowle is a flight risk because his client is a lifelong community member and lives in House Springs. Lozano also wrote that Fowle and his wife own multiple homes in Eureka.
Bissell said Fowle was considered a fugitive before he turned himself in, and deputies attempted to arrest Fowle several times after the warrant was issued, including at the former officer’s House Springs home.
Bissell said Lozano contacted the Sheriff’s Office after the bond reduction hearing was scheduled to arrange for his client to turn himself in, adding that it is not unusual to schedule a time for a suspect to turn himself in, an arrangement that can save law enforcement agencies time and resources needed to search for someone.
“What the attorney wanted to do was arrange for Fowle to turn himself in on (Jan. 29) at the bond reduction hearing. We said, ‘No;, you don’t get 13 days,’” Bissell said. “We refused the offer because it felt unreasonable.”
Lozano had not returned phone messages or responded to an email for comment as of Wednesday afternoon.
Town and Country Police Chief Daniel Wilkey said Fowle worked for that police department from July 24, 1995, until Dec. 15, 2023, retiring as a sergeant.
In a Jan. 20 written statement, Wilkey said, “The Town and Country Police Department has been in contact with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and has no reason at the present time to believe any alleged incidents occurred while Jordan Fowle was on duty, or otherwise acting in the official capacity of a Town and Country Police officer.”
The alleged abuse began in 2012 and continued until June 2023, according to the probable-cause statement in the case.
Both victims said Fowle’s alleged actions caused them emotional distress and led them to self-harm. The victims also told investigators they feared Fowle would retaliate against them because he had access to firearms and law enforcement databases that could disclose their phone numbers and addresses, the report said.