Tag: Sioux City
Gabriel Jauregui, Sex Exploitation, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Gabriel Jauregui, a 36-year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting a 16-year-old minor between July 15, 2024, and August 20, 2025. Jauregui, who has a prior conviction for attempting to entice a minor in 2020, admitted to filming himself engaging in sex acts with the minor and sending…
Lopez Munongo Makengo, Visa Fraud, Iowa 2022
⏱ 2 min read Lopez Munongo Makengo, a 36-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been found guilty of visa fraud in Sioux City, Iowa. Makengo, who won the Diversity Visa lottery in 2014, was convicted of unlawful possession and use of identification documents after a 3-day trial. The verdict came after…
Yoni Duenas, Possession of a Firearm as a Felon, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Yoni Duenas, a 28-year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, was busted on January 2, 2026, just before midnight, when a Lyon County Sheriff’s Deputy pulled him over for an equipment violation. Duenas was impaired, even losing consciousness during field sobriety tests, and a search of his car revealed an overpowering odor of…
Floyd Clifford Coates, Drug Trafficking, Firearms, Obstruction of Justice, Obstruction of Justice, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Floyd Clifford Coates and Dennis Lawson, two men linked to the death and disappearance of Sunny Sramek, were sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Iowa. The sentencing, which took place on July 20, 2026, was the culmination of a lengthy investigation and trial that began with Coates’ conviction…
Damian Havens, Meth Conspiracy, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Damian Havens, a 52-year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded guilty to a federal meth conspiracy charge on July 15, 2026. Between March and May 2026, Havens conspired with others to distribute over 1.5 pounds of methamphetamine in Sioux City. The meth ring was busted when law enforcement responded to a suspicious…
Jorge Monrroy, Sexual Exploitation of a Child, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jorge Monrroy, a 24-year-old from Sioux City, Iowa, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a minor female between June 30 and July 2, 2025. Monrroy provided alcohol to the minor, got her intoxicated, and recorded a video of the two having sexual intercourse on the…
Seann Mackey, Meth Trafficking, Iowa 2024
⏱ 2 min read Seann Mackey, a 32-year-old from Mount Pleasant, Iowa, was involved in a conspiracy that distributed at least 3000 grams of mixed methamphetamine, containing at least 150 grams of pure methamphetamine, between June 2024 and December 2024 in Sioux City. On December 20, 2024, Mackey led law enforcement on a high-speed chase…
Rogelio Morales-Ramos, Reentering the United States without Permission, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Rogelio Morales-Ramos, a 36-year-old Guatemalan national, pled guilty to reentering the United States without permission after being deported three times. The incident occurred in Sioux City, Iowa, where Morales-Ramos had been living in Sioux Center. On April 1, 2026, law enforcement attempted to stop Morales-Ramos for speeding, but he fled on…
April Nikkel, Meth Distribution Conspiracy, Iowa 2025
⏱ 2 min read April Nikkel, a 37-year-old woman from Sioux City, Iowa, has pleaded guilty to a meth distribution conspiracy that spanned nearly a year. From January 2025 to November 2025, Nikkel conspired to distribute more than three pounds of methamphetamine, with some of the deals going down near local parks, including Fairmount City…
Keith Havener, Child Pornography Possession, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Keith Havener, a 62-year-old man from Sioux City, Iowa, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography after a disturbing investigation revealed he had created and possessed over 1,000 images of child porn using artificial intelligence technology. The crimes occurred between June 1, 2024, and January 13, 2025, and involved the creation of…
