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Issue date: 12/4/07 Section: Metro
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Man gets 10 years for indecent contact
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to indecent contact with a child, according to online court records.
Anthony "Tony" Claffy was given the sentence in the Johnson County Courthouse, online records indicate. He pleaded guilty to the charge in November.
According to authorities, Claffy, whose address at the time of the offense was unknown, was arrested in December 2006 after allegedly touching a 9-year-old girl inappropriately at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St.
Indecent contact with a child is an aggravated misdemeanor that alone can net up to two years in prison. However Claffy, a previously convicted sex offender, received a greater sentence because of mandated punishments for sex offenders who commit a sex offense after their initial conviction.
- by Samantha Miller
Man charged with sex abuse
Authorities arrested a man Sunday for allegedly taking off a child's clothes and rubbing lotion on the child's genitals.
Kunte McKinny, 30, address unknown, has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse for allegedly committing a sex act with a person under the age of 12.
As of Monday, McKinny was being held at Johnson County Jail on two separate bonds, both cash-only, of $7,000 and $25,000.
According to a Coralville police report, the mother of the victim told authorities that McKinny removed the victim's clothes and rubbed lotion on the victim's genitals and anus.
Police reported that other members of the victim's family have made statements to support the events of the incident.
The alleged offense reportedly occurred Sept. 16, 2006, in Coralville.
Second-degree sexual abuse is a Class B felony, punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
- by Kurtis Hiatt
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to indecent contact with a child, according to online court records.
Anthony "Tony" Claffy was given the sentence in the Johnson County Courthouse, online records indicate. He pleaded guilty to the charge in November.
According to authorities, Claffy, whose address at the time of the offense was unknown, was arrested in December 2006 after allegedly touching a 9-year-old girl inappropriately at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center, 220 S. Gilbert St.
Indecent contact with a child is an aggravated misdemeanor that alone can net up to two years in prison. However Claffy, a previously convicted sex offender, received a greater sentence because of mandated punishments for sex offenders who commit a sex offense after their initial conviction.
- by Samantha Miller
Man charged with sex abuse
Authorities arrested a man Sunday for allegedly taking off a child's clothes and rubbing lotion on the child's genitals.
Kunte McKinny, 30, address unknown, has been charged with second-degree sexual abuse for allegedly committing a sex act with a person under the age of 12.
As of Monday, McKinny was being held at Johnson County Jail on two separate bonds, both cash-only, of $7,000 and $25,000.
According to a Coralville police report, the mother of the victim told authorities that McKinny removed the victim's clothes and rubbed lotion on the victim's genitals and anus.
Police reported that other members of the victim's family have made statements to support the events of the incident.
The alleged offense reportedly occurred Sept. 16, 2006, in Coralville.
Second-degree sexual abuse is a Class B felony, punishable by up to 25 years in prison.
- by Kurtis Hiatt
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