The father of a woman, who was sexually assaulted in her home in Iowa City three years ago, spoke to her attacker Monday as the man was sentenced to 50 years in prison, on top of the 100 years he is already serving for similar attacks in Black Hawk County.
Articles Tagged: Sexual abuse
Crime & Courts Apr. 17, 2025 5:45 pm264d ago
A Hiawatha man was convicted this week on five charges involving molesting and assaulting a female teen. He faces up to 13 years in prison.
Crime & Courts Apr. 11, 2025 1:45 pm271d ago
An Iowa City charged earlier this week is now accused in another sex abuse, but this time of a 5-year-old girl. He sexually abused the child in his car. On Tuesday, he was charged with sexually abusing a juvenile in his car.
Crime & Courts Apr. 11, 2025 2:56 pm271d ago
An Iowa City man contacted a social media account set up by police and pursued a “girl” he believed was 15 years old to meet him for sex. He also sent sexually explicit photos of himself to the account.
Crime & Courts Apr. 9, 2025 1:19 pm273d ago
An Iowa City man was arrested this week on a charge of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor.
Crime & Courts Apr. 4, 2025 5:53 pm277d ago
A Johnson County jury deliberated for two hours Friday before convicting a Chicago man of sexually assaulting an Iowa City woman in 2018. He faces 10 years in prison.
Crime & Courts Mar. 25, 2025 5:39 pm287d ago
The parents, who set up a video call app on a phone to watch their infant as they went outside, had no idea they would catch a predator sexually abusing their 3-month-old. The abuser was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison.
State Government Mar. 5, 2025 6:02 pm307d ago
Iowa House and Senate lawmakers Tuesday advanced bills aiming to — among other things — increase intellectual diversity on the University of Iowa campus and sexual abuse awareness and prevention education in schools, restrict state funds to libraries that are American Library Association members, and allow public schools to offer an elective social studies course on the Bible.
State Government Feb. 24, 2025 1:27 pm317d ago
Erin Merryn, who has worked to get similar laws passed in 38 states, testified this week at the Iowa Capitol during a legislative hearing on an Iowa bill
Crime & Courts Feb. 19, 2025 4:22 pm322d ago
An Iowa City man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he repeatedly paid a 14-year-old girl to meet him for sexual acts.
Crime & Courts Feb. 7, 2025 8:01 am334d ago
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.
Crime & Courts Feb. 6, 2025 8:22 am335d ago
Explicit photos, messages about prostitution on his phone weren’t his, he says
Crime & Courts Feb. 5, 2025 7:51 am336d ago
A Hiawatha man, during a police interview, said he had nothing to do with prostitution or sex trafficking a Dubuque teen, but an investigator testified his phone showed numerous conversations with customers wanting sexual acts in exchange for money.
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2025 7:37 pm336d ago
A Cedar Rapids woman testified she met a Hiawatha man, who is on trial this week for human trafficking, after she was “past rock bottom” and agreed to work as a prostitute for him. She said he recruited a 17-year-old to work with her.
Crime & Courts Feb. 3, 2025 9:51 am338d ago
A Johnson County jury convicts a Cedar Rapids man of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman who was walking home on Oct. 7, 2023. He sexually assaulted her outside a downtown bar.

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