COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Iowa authorities have dropped one of the child sex abuse counts that had been filed against a man already serving time in Nebraska for a similar crime.
Court records say the count was dismissed Tuesday in Pottawattamie County District Court. Twenty-nine-year-old Rocky Ontiveros still faces another count. He's pleaded not guilty.
Iowa court documents say Ontiveros sexually abused two minors from Nov. 1, 2013, to Sept. 19, 2014. The Daily Nonpareil reports (http://bit.ly/1MvP7dG ) that prosecutor Dan Salvo-McGinn filed the motion to dismiss one of the counts because the child involved remains in therapy and is in no position to testify.
In August Ontiveros was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in a Nebraska prison. He'd pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a minor in Douglas County.
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Information from: The Daily Nonpareil, http://www.nonpareilonline.com
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