A man who sexually assaulted a Newton 12-year-old and was then found in possession of nude photos and pornography will serve 30 days in county jail for the probation violation.
Bradly J. Delk, 20, of Sioux City, received a probation sentence for the sexual assault in April and was then arrested in Des Moines in May following a report from the Judicial District Department of Correction Services.
In the report, officers detailed a home visit with Delk in which they found more than 30 nude images of a 16-year-old girl on a memory card in his phone. The card also contained multiple images of pornography and videos of sexual acts.
During an earlier search of Delk’s phone, officers found he had accessed the internet and viewed pornographic sites. The phone was confiscated and returned to Delk’s mother, notifying her of what was on the phone and asking the material get erased. The report states Delk then manipulated his mother into letting him get the memory card containing the images.
The material found on Delk’s phone violated his three-year probation agreement handed down by District Court Judge Gregory A. Hulse in April. Hulse said at the sentencing he considered Delk’s age at the time of the offense, lack of prior record, employment and family circumstances is determining the probation sentence.
Jasper County Attorney Mike Jacobsen had recommended a five-year prison term. Last week, District Court Judge Martha Mertz issued the 30-day county jail sentence for the violation.
Delk was originally charged with third-degree sexual abuse in August 2014 following the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in September 2013. In a victim impact statement read to the court the victim stated she suffered from depression and felt her innocence had been taken away at age 12, “all because he couldn’t take ‘no’ for an answer.”
Delk is required to be registered with the Iowa Sex Offender Registry.