Articles Tagged: Sexual abuse

An Iowa City man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he harbored runaway teenage girls, sexually abused them and supplied them with marijuana.

A man was a history of sexual assault convictions in Johnson County has now been charged with third-degree sexual abuse in Linn County in relation to an attack that happened in April 2021 in Cedar Rapids.

Iowa repealed its statute of limitations on criminal charges last year, but kept limits on when victims can make civil claims

He faces a felony charge in connection with an alleged assault on a woman in a downtown apartment building last year.

A Coralville man, who owns a child care center with his wife, was arrested Monday for allegedly sexually abusing a child under the age of 14 while the child was in his care.

The attack took place in April 2021 at an apartment complex in Marion. His trial will now be scheduled.

James Shannon Sr., 50, faces three counts of third-degree sexual abuse, accused of sexually abusing a teenager in 2005 and 2006.

U.S. marshals arrested a 27-year-old man wanted in Johnson and Mitchell counties on charges of third-degree sexual abuse. He is jailed in Chicago, awaiting extradition to Iowa.

Judge: Victim and her family favored that plea

A West Liberty School District guidance counselor has been charged with sexually abusing a minor student.

Judge lowers bail for a former Linn-Mar track coach charged with sexually abusing two male students. Bail was lowered from $65,000 to $30,000 and only 10 percent has to be paid to be released.

After at least six incidents of misconduct since the fall of 2017 – including two this academic year – the University of Iowa has suspended its campus chapter of the popular Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity for at least four academic years.

FERTILITY FRAUD: The House voted 90-5 to approve HF 2160 to establish a crime of fourth-degree sexual abuse when a …

A proposal to create up to 48 psychiatric residencies at state institutions as part of a large package of legislation to increase mental health access across Iowa was unanimously approved by the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday.

The three proposed bills by the Iowa County Attorneys Association will close “loopholes” in existing laws and provide more protection for adult and child sex abuse victims, Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said.