Orange City, Iowa — A Hawarden man has been sentenced to prison for lascivious acts.
According to Sioux County Attorney Thomas Kunstle, 63-year-old Robert Michael Schiefen of Hawarden will face a five-year prison term.
Kunstle says that on May 17, 2022, Schiefen was brought to the Hawarden Police Department by a family member and Schiefen admitted to touching a minor victim inappropriately. He says police investigated further and were led to believe that Schiefen had indeed done so. Police and prosecutors also learned that Schiefen had previously been found guilty of Indecent Contact with a Child and Willful Injury in 1999, but had subsequently been released from the sex offender registry.
Schiefen pleaded guilty as part of a plea agreement and the Court sentenced him to serve an indeterminate term of incarceration not to exceed five years in prison. Schiefen was ordered to have no contact with the minor victim. Upon release, Schiefen will be required to register on the sex offender registry for the remainder of his life, and will also be on parole with the Iowa Department of Corrections for a period of 10 years after release.
