Man Charged After Alleged Assault

(Farmington, MO) A man from St. Louis, 35 year old Taran Barker, will be in St. Francois County Court next week in connection to charges of 2nd degree sodomy. Barker is accused of entering a woman's room at the Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health Aquinas Center on Highway 32 near Farmington. Reports show Barker is said to have admitted to the act. He was arrested and booked into the St. Francois County Jail on a bond of $250,000.