By Jason Hancock
Missouri Independent
Citing the “severity of the allegations” against Republican state Rep. Rick Roeber, legislative leaders have asked Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker to help ensure the safety of a minor child with whom Roeber reportedly has regular contact.
Soon after The Independent reported the request from GOP lawmakers to Baker, Roeber announced he was resigning.
Roeber, of Lee’s Summit, was elected to a seat in the Missouri House in November despite allegations by his adult children that he physically and sexually abused them when they were young.
The House Ethics Committee launched an investigation into the allegations in January.