A controversial case arose in 2012 when a Maryville boy, 17 at the time, was arrested for the rape and sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. A 15-year-old boy was accused of doing the same to the girl’s 13-year-old friend, and a third boy admitted to recording the first boy's alleged assault on a cellphone. A significant controversy arose in 2013 when the county prosecutor dropped felony and misdemeanor charges against the first boy, who was related to an influential former state representative, and the Nodaway County prosecutor dropped the felony sexual exploitation charge against the third boy.