Articles Tagged: Prostitution

An Iowa City couple and their son have been arrested after a police investigation into two massage parlors owned by the couple, where police say employees were providing sex acts to clients.

A Marion man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he offered to pay someone he believed was a 15-year-old minor to perform a sex act with him, and sent them an explicit photo.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of prostitution after police say he contacted on online account that actually was run by officers.

A Hiawatha man, convicted for human trafficking a minor and sex abuse, received a temporary delay of being sentenced to life in prison without parole after he told a judge he had issues with his lawyers and wanted new counsel for sentencing. His sentencing will be reset.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Sunday on charges that he purchased prostitution services through a Hiawatha man convicted last month of forcing a 17-year-old to have sex with men in exchange for money.

A Cedar Rapids woman accused of trafficking a Dubuque teen in May 2024 had pleaded to amended and lesser charges and was sentenced to up to eight years in prison. She provided testimony against a Hiawatha man convicted of human trafficking a Dubuque teen.

A Linn County jury took only 90 minutes to convict a Hiawatha man of human trafficking a 17-year-old Dubuque girl. The teen testified last week Jarod Anderson, 35, of Hiawatha, had forced her to have sex with multiple men in May 2024 and also sexually abused her.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on a charge of prostitution that’s connected to a human trafficking case two people were arrested for in July, according to charging documents.

According to search warrants filed in both cases, the Mobile Assist Team with the Cedar Rapids Police Department has been running an online operation to catch sexual predators by making false accounts on online dating apps and chat rooms where people seek dates, relationships and sex.

Two people were arrested Thursday on human trafficking charges after police say they brought a minor from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids and forced her into prostitution.

A 49-year-old Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he offered to pay a 14-year-old for sex at a Marion park.

Larry Baxter, 72, is accused of soliciting sex from tenants in exchange for money and other favors.