On January 31, 2022, a female student reported to the West Plains Police Department that she had been sexually assaulted by an employee of the West Plains R-7 School District at a campus facility on January 27, 2022. The investigation was concluded, and charges were forwarded to the Howell County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office resulting in an arrest warrant being issued for the subject.
On February 22, 2022, Christopher R. Taylor, age forty-one, was arrested by the Howell County Sheriff’s Department on charges of Sexual Contact with a Student, Endangering the Welfare of a Child, and Child Molestation with a bond set at $50,000.
The West Plains R-7 School District was fully cooperative with the investigation and took immediate action on the employee. Christopher Taylor is no longer affiliated or employed by the R-7 School District.
