Daniel “Todd” Mahn, a De Soto City Council member and owner of Mahn Funeral Home and Mahn Cemetery and Mausoleum, has been charged in Jefferson County for alleged rape and sodomy.
On Thursday, Jan. 22, a special prosecutor from the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office filed court documents seeking a charge of first-degree rape or second-degree rape, as well as a charge of first-degree sodomy or second-degree sodomy.
The first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy charges are unclassified felonies punishable by five years to life in prison. The second-degree rape and second-degree sodomy charges are class D felonies punishable by up to seven years in prison.
A warrant for his arrest was issued today, Jan. 23. The Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office has requested a $100,000 cash-only bond, court records show.
According to the charges, Mahn raped and sodomized a woman on Oct. 18, 2024. The investigation into the allegations against him began the next day.
The De Soto Police Department took the initial reports, and the case was investigated by the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control. The case was assigned to the Franklin County Prosecutor’s Office on Feb. 13, 2025, after Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Trisha Stefanski requested that a special prosecutor be appointed.
Mahn, 55, was elected to the De Soto City Council in April 2023. He was named mayor pro tem in November 2025 following a reorganization of the council when Rich McCane stepped down as mayor and mayor pro tem Matt Franken became mayor. The pro tem acts in the mayor’s absence during meetings.
Mahn referred comments to his attorney, William Goldstein of St. Louis, who he said was in court today. Goldstein could not immediately be reached for comment.
In November 2024, Mahn told the Leader he was aware that false allegations had been made against him and Goldstein further stated Mahn denies any wrongdoing.
De Soto City Manager Todd Melkus said today that the city has no comment about the charges filed against Mahn.