Alexander Warren Dehogues, Child Sex Exploitation, Iowa 2026

A Kalona man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for his role in the sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of a child.

According to public court documents and evidence presented at sentencing, Alexander Warren Dehogues, 35, had secretly recorded two minor children in stages of undress and saved those recordings to his electronic devices. A forensic examination of electronic devices seized from Dehogues’s Kalona residence showed that Dehogues used the devices to record, receive, and possess images and videos containing child sexual abuse material.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office investigated the case and received information in May 2025 that led to the discovery of Dehogues’s illicit activities.

Dehogues will serve his 25-year prison term followed by an eight-year term of supervised release. It is worth noting that there is no parole in the federal system.

The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the federal government.

Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to better locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims.

For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdia/pr/kalona-man-sentenced-25-years-federal-prison-sexual-exploitation-and-attempted-sexual