UPDATE: 05/03/17 — Great Circle reached out to KMZU News and said they are aware of the allegations against a staff member. In a release, the nonprofit behavioral health services provider said that a staff member quickly notified the Missouri Children’s Division and other authorities concerned to report the allegations.
Great Circle added that while they cannot comment on the investigation, they will support and cooperate with the investigation. The release stressed that the well-being of their clients is their first priority, and that Reid’s alleged conduct “runs counter to everything for which our organization stands.”
The organization said it suspended and terminated Reid after the allegations came to light.
MARSHALL, Mo. — The Marshall Police Department carried out an investigation after officers were contacted by a Children’s Division Out of Home Investigator.
According to a release from the Marshall Police Department, they were told the investigator had received a Child Abuse/Neglect Hotline report regarding a teenage resident at the Great Circle Tom Butterfield campus.
It was reported that the 16-year old female, who remains unidentified, had left the campus with a staff member, Joshua A. Reid, 28.
The investigator told police the two had left the facility alone and the victim had since reported the two allegedly had sexual intercourse twice while they were gone.
Marshall Police Department Detectives, assisted by the Missouri Department of Social Services Children’s Division, arrested Reid for statutory rape in the second degree.
A warrant issued by the Saline County Circuit Court charged him with two counts of statutory sodomy in the second degree and one count of statutory rape in the second degree. He is being held on a $20,000.00 bond, cash or surety.
Reid was taken to the Saline County Justice Facility to be held.