O'FALLON, Mo. _ An O'Fallon man and former Cub Scout leader faces new charges of witness tampering after police say he tried to silence children he is accused of sexually abusing.
While in the St. Charles County Jail facing charges of sex abuse involving children, Matthew C. Baker, 50, told his cellmate earlier this year that he had asked another inmate to have someone outside the jail harm two children, ages 9 and 10, who were victims in a pending child molestation case against Baker, according to a probable cause statement from O'Fallon police.
Baker told his cellmate he intended to prevent the children from testifying against him in court, the document says.
