Herr trial set for April 24

            A jury trial has been set for April 24 against Donald Herr II for one count of Sexual Abuse-Second Degree.  

            Herr was placed under arrest on Friday, Aug. 4 without incident and held at the Washington County Jail with a bond set at $50,000 posted the same day. A pre-trial conference is scheduled for March 16, 2018 at 10 a.m. and the jury trial on April 24 at 9 a.m.

            According to a press released provided by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), agents began an investigation in March of 2016 of Herr after a complaint was made by a female Keokuk County resident that Herr sexually assaulted her that month.

 If convicted, Herr could face up to twenty-five years in prison. A criminal charge is only an accusation and the Defendant is presumed innocent until and if found guilty in a Court of Law.