Two area residents are charged with sex-related felonies involving a juvenile in Cooper County. According to a Boonville Police report, on December 6, 2020, 43-year-old Joseph Michael Lipscomb, of Richmond, allegedly forced his 12-year-old daughter to smoke methamphetamine. Lipscomb and 17-year-old Ryan James Viles, of Hardin, are alleged to have engaged in inappropriate sexual activity with the juvenile female, as well. Court documents say Lipscomb’s bond is set at $500,000 cash only. He is charged with Class A Felonies for Child Molestation in the First Degree and Abuse or Neglect of a Child Less Than 14 Years Old and Sexual Abuse or Exploitation; a Class E Felony for Incest; and Unclassified Felonies for Rape or Attempted Rape in the First Degree and Sodomy or Attempted Sodomy in the First Degree- Aggravated Sexual Offenses.