Hiawatha man sentenced to probation for incest

CEDAR RAPIDS – A 48-year-old Hiawatha man was sentenced to three years probation Friday in Linn County District Court for having sex with an adult male related to him last year.

Sixth Judicial District Senior Judge Thomas Koehler sentenced Craig Aswegan, who pleaded guilty to incest in January, to a five year suspended sentence based on his employment record and supportive statements from his employer and his sister.

The victim didn't offer an victim's impact statement for the court's consideration.

“I'm taking a chance on you and giving you probation,” Koehler said. “If you do something like this again you will do prison time.”

Aswegan was convicted in 1997 for third-degree sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.