Articles Tagged: Sexual abuse

Criminal penalties increase for several charges that involve Iowa’s most vulnerable — pregnant women and children.

A North Liberty man who was charged in Black Hawk County in May with multiple counts of sexual assault and burglary is now facing similar charges in Johnson County after police say he broke into women’s residences in Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Iowa City and sexually assaulted them, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.

A judge sentenced a North Liberty man to 80 years in prison for 41 counts of sex abuse. The state asked for 125 years in prison but the judge ran some of the 25 year sentences concurrently.

Cedar Rapids man sentenced to 25 years for sexually abusing child when she was 4- and 5-year-old.

A Des Moines man was arrested Thursday in Linn County on three charges of second-degree sexual abuse.

A Cresco man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sexually abused multiple Boy Scouts while serving as a troop leader in Cresco.

A North Liberty man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he sexually abused a 10-year-old child when he was 16.

A Lone Tree man was arrested this week on charges that he sexually abused a woman he met at a bar in Iowa City.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week on charges that he sexually abused a 3- or 4-year-old child multiple times between January and April of this year.

A North Liberty man could face life in prison if a judge stacks all or some of the 40 counts of second-degree sexual abuse. He waived a jury trial and opted to have a stipulated trial based on the minutes of testimony. Each charge carries 25 years in prison.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for two more counties in response to Mississippi River flooding on Friday.

There are 66 pending sexual abuse cases in Linn County, but prosecutors and advocates don’t think the crimes are sharply increasing. They believe more are being reported and these cases take longer going through the court process, specifically the ones involving children.

Payment for nearly 70 sexual assault survivors’ emergency contraception is on hold as Iowa’s Republican Attorney General reviews use of funds.

A former Center Point-Urbana teacher pleads to lesser charge for inappropriate touching and texting of his 13-year-old student. He faces 2 years in prison.

Victim advocates are urging Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird to continue allowing the state’s victim compensation funds to cover contraception and abortion care for rape victims, noting a majority of those served by the fund are juvenile victims of sexual abuse.