Category: Sex Crimes
Lennon Slade Pleads Guilty
A 27-year-old Rock Rapids, Iowa man has pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography and destroying evidence in federal court. Lennon Slade admitted to distributing child pornography between July 2011 and September 2011. At the plea hearing, Slade confessed that when officers arrived to execute a search warrant at his house, he was inside destroying evidence.…
LeClere Charged
Paul LeClere, age 50, of Hopkinton, Iowa, has been charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and five counts of possession of child pornography. The charges are contained in an Indictment filed on December 17, 2014, in United States District Court in Cedar Rapids. The Indictment alleges that, between 2003 and 2013, LeClere…
Jeffrey Huygens Pleads Guilty
Jeffrey Huygens, a 47-year-old man from Sioux City, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to distributing and receiving child pornography in federal court. On February 25, 2013, Huygens admitted to using the Internet to distribute child pornography between September 2011 and December 2011, and to receive child pornography between 2002 and March 2012. Huygens also admitted to…
David Kimble Sentenced
A Benton County man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for failing to register as a sex offender. David Kimble, age 48, of Norway, Iowa, received the sentence after a September 25, 2014, guilty plea to one count of failing to register as a sex offender. At the guilty plea hearing, Kimble…
Lucas Robinson Guilty
A 23-year-old Cedar Rapids man, Lucas Robinson, has pleaded guilty to federal child sexual exploitation offenses, including sexual exploitation of children, possession of child pornography, and extortion. According to the plea hearing, Robinson admitted to using, persuading, inducing, enticing, and coercing minor females to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual…
Baumhover Sentenced
A Dubuque man has been sentenced to over 12 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. Robert Baumhover, age 48, of Dubuque, Iowa, received the sentence after a March 31, 2014, guilty plea to one count of possession of child pornography. At the guilty plea hearing, Baumhover admitted that he knowingly possessed child pornography.…
Sawyer Sentenced 41 Months
A Black Hawk County sex offender has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for failing to update his registration as a sex offender. Howard Sawyer, age 39, from Black Hawk County, received the sentence after a November 15, 2012, guilty plea to one count of failing to update his registration as a sex…
Benton Stong Sentenced to 110 Years
A man who sexually exploited four children and possessed child pornography was sentenced February 3, 2014, to 110 years in federal prison. Benton Stong, age 76, of Oran, Iowa, received the sentence after a September 17, 2013, jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of sexual exploitation of children and four counts of possession…
Brandon Phinney Guilty
A Clear Lake man has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in federal court. Brandon Phinney, 27, admitted to possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography on his computer between September 2010 and April 2011. Phinney pleaded guilty on April 1, 2013, to one count of possession of child pornography. He also admitted to using…
Malik, Issa Sentenced
Two South Dakota men, Mensur Malik, 23, and Salim Issa, 23, both from Sioux Falls, have been sentenced to federal prison on child exploitation charges. The sentences were handed down on February 25, 2014, after the men pleaded guilty to their respective charges in September 2013. Mensur Malik received a sentence of 151 months’ imprisonment…
