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Iowa City man accused of sexual abuse
Dec. 9, 2019 8:28 am
IOWA CITY - An Iowa City man is accused of assaulting a woman in a hotel room this summer.
According to an Iowa City police criminal complaint, on July 14, 26-year-old Deante L. Cole followed a woman and her friends to hotelVetro, where the woman and her friends had a suite. Police said the woman reported going to bed around 3 a.m. Cole then followed the woman to bed and proceeded to sexually assault her, police said.
Police said witnesses reported seeing the sexual assault.
Cole - who was initially not located - has now been arrested and faces one count of third-degree sexual abuse, a Class C felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
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