Boone County man facing 2 sexual assault charges

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Photo: Shawn Lavorn Holst 

A Boone County man, 54-year-old Shawn Holst of Harrison, made his first appearance in circuit court last week on two felony counts of second-degree sexual assault.

According to the probable cause affidavit, a Boone County sheriff’s officer was conducting an investigation involving child pornography.

During the course of the investigation, he discovered a 5-year-old female may have been a victim and was interviewed at Grandma’s House Children’s Advocacy Center.

Holst was interviewed later the same day and allegedly admitted having touched the victim inappropriately.

The affidavit notes Holst is a Level 2 sex offender.

His bond was set at $75,000, with the condition that he have no contact with the alleged victim, her family and no unsupervised contact with anyone under the age of 18.

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