Articles Tagged: Sexual abuse

A judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to 102 years in prison for sexually abusing two children. The girls were abused from the time they were each 10-years-old -- one for over the course of six years. The prosecutor called them brave for breaking their “silence” and speaking out. He hopes their story would encourage others.

Judges in two Eastern Iowa counties have ordered a North Liberty man, charged in sexual assault cases in Johnson and Black Hawk counties, undergo a competency evaluation.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual abuse of a 13-year-old and another girl under 12. One of the victims also was sexually abused by his brother in 2020.

Iowa City Police have arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman in an alley in early October.

A Cedar Rapids man was convicted of sexually assaulting a child over the course of three months in 2020. His brother was convicted in August of sexually abusing same victim and a teen.

An Iowa City police sexual assault detective makes victim priority and tries to get best resolution for them, even if an arrest isn’t possible. She wants victims to feel they have been heard and believed.

A Coralville man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he repeatedly sexually abused a 6-year-old child.

The man, who held a knife to a woman’s neck, choked her and tried to smother her with a pillow as he sexually assaulted her, pleaded to third-degree sex abuse and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A Des Moines man has been charged in Johnson County with third-degree sexual abuse.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Saturday on charges that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.

Katy Rasmussen took on the role as the sexual assault nurse examiner coordinator to give back to the community and support sexual assault survivors. She leads the UI SANE program, which includes 15 other nurse examiners in Johnson County.

Allen Reynolds, 35, of Harvey, Ill., is accused of twice sexually abusing a woman at a Cedar Rapids apartment when the woman was “unable to give consent due to being asleep and/or intoxicated,” a criminal complaint states.

A 17-year-old from Coralville has been charged with sexual abuse after an Iowa City police officer reportedly witnessed him performing a sexual act in a car with a 13-year-old.

Matthew Jason Manos, 39, also is charged with sexually abusing an adult woman.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on charges that he sexually abused a child multiple times while the child was between 5 and 8 years old.