West Des Moines man pleads guilty to child sex abuse

(Adel, Iowa) A West Des Moines man is now pleading guilty in a sex abuse case, involving a girl.

Twenty-two-year-old Jesse Taggart entered a guilty plea, to one count of lascivious acts with a child, a class C felony.

Taggart had originally been charged with second degree sexual abuse, indecent exposure, and dissemination and exhibition of obscene material to a minor.

Prosecutors say in May, Taggart committed a sex act on a female victim under the age of 12, exposed himself, and showed her pornographic videos while at a residence in Perry.

Taggart is in the Dallas County Jail, sentencing is scheduled for October 27th.


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