The Joplin Globe, Joplin, MO

August 6, 2008

<img src=" http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/courts.gif " border=0> 10:38 a.m. More charges brought against self-proclaimed minister


A Neosho man identified as a self-anointed pastor of a fringe church now faces another batch of charges.

Randall “Danny” Russell, 49, pastor of the Acts II Church in rural Neosho, was charged with six counts of possession of child pornography and two counts of exploitation of a minor on Tuesday.

Russell already faces one count of statutory rape in the second degree, two counts of statutory sodomy in the first degree, six counts of statutory sodomy in the second degree, one count of felony child abuse and two counts of child molestation in the first degree. Russell was bound over for trial on those counts earlier this year.