Salem, MO. – A man who has held the offices of mayor, fire chief, and emergency manager has been arrested for sex crimes involving children.
Bradley J. Nash was arrested by the Salem Police Department on December 29, 2023, on the charges of 2nd-degree child molestation-child less than 17 years of age and two counts of statutory sodomy or attempt with a person less than 14 years old.
Investigation into Nash began in late November after two local teenage girls informed a mandated reporter of being sexually abused by the suspect. The children were interviewed by an investigator with Children’s Division where it was found the girls were the adopted daughters of Nash and they had reported multiple instances of abuse over multiple years, one involving Nash recording one of the girls in the shower with his cell phone and accusing the suspect of getting into their beds at night to touch them.
In interviews with investigators, the suspect said he was asleep when the abuse happened. When questioned about the video, Nash said he produced it but never watched it.
