Former Nixa police officer Cody Scott has been charged with five counts of second-degree statutory rape, and one count of second-degree sodomy in accordance with crimes committed between September and December of last year.
The 24-year-old Scott had been on the Nixa police force since 2019, when he was hired just after graduating from the academy.
Following allegations against him, the Nixa Police Department requesting an investigation into his actions by the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
That request was filed on February 1.