Category: Sex Crimes

Daniel Mines, a 39-year-old man from Lake Mills, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to distributing and receiving child pornography in federal court in Sioux City. Mines admitted to distributing and receiving child pornography between October 2010 and March 2011, using cell phones to trade the explicit material with others. He was convicted of one count of…

FENTON, IOWA – Timothy Koenck, 54, of Fenton, Iowa, will spend nearly three decades behind bars after being sentenced for a sickening cycle of abuse and exploitation. Koenck received 355 months – almost 30 years – in federal prison on February 3, 2014, after pleading guilty to charges that included preying on a minor. The…

A former Sioux City man has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography in federal court. Patrick Persinger, age 38, formerly of Sioux City, was convicted of one count of distribution of child pornography. At the plea hearing, Persinger admitted that, between February 2011 and October 2011, he used the Internet to distribute child pornography. This…

A 54-year-old Fenton, Iowa man has pleaded guilty to federal child sexual exploitation offenses. Timothy Koenck admitted to enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity and possessing child pornography in federal court in Sioux City on September 26, 2013. Koenck was convicted of one count of enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual…

Todd Techen, a 22-year-old man from Ashton, Iowa, has been sentenced to 5 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Techen pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child pornography on April 17, 2014, and was sentenced on July 17, 2014. According to the plea agreement, Techen admitted to knowingly distributing child pornography…

A sex offender who callously disregarded the law has been brought to justice, as Dana Curry, 41, from Waterloo, Iowa, was sentenced to over three years in federal prison for failing to register with authorities. Curry received the prison term after a March 25, 2013, guilty plea to one count of failing to register as…

Jeremiah Romo, a 20-year-old man from Aplington, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Romo was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography and admitted to possessing child pornography, including depictions of prepubescent children, in July 2013. He also admitted to being adjudicated delinquent for sexual…

Kevin Andrew Jauron, a 39-year-old man from Marion, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to producing child pornography while being required to register as a sex offender. Jauron admitted in federal court that he persuaded a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of the conduct between 2013 and May…

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Brian Lynch, 47, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will spend the next seventeen-plus years of his life behind bars after being sentenced today for a sickening crime: possessing and downloading child pornography. The sentence, handed down by United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade, reflects the gravity of Lynch’s depravity…

A 51-year-old Missouri man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child. James Jones, of Maysville, Missouri, received the sentence after pleading guilty to one count of sexual exploitation of a child. According to court documents, Jones persuaded, induced, and enticed a 12-year-old female in Fayette County to take…