Rock Rapids, Iowa — An Albia, Iowa man has been arrested on a felony grooming charge after conversations with someone he believed was 15 years old.
Court documents say 55-year-old Jeffrey LeMay of Albia was arrested this week by a Lyon County Sheriff’s Deputy.
In his statement, the deputy says that beginning in November or December of last year, LeMay communicated with an undercover officer, whom he believed to be a 15-year-old from Larchwood. He says LeMay attempted to seduce, solicit, lure, or entice the person he believed to be a 15-year-old child to commit unlawful sexual conduct. He’s also accused of sending obscene material to the officer he thought was the 15-year-old.
LeMay was charged with grooming, a class D felony. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison. He also faces three misdemeanor counts of telephone dissemination of obscene material to a minor, in connection with the three obscene images he is accused of sending.
He faces a preliminary hearing on February 6th.
At last report, LeMay remained in the Lyon County Jail in Rock Rapids in lieu of an $11,000 bond.
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