A district court judge in Council Bluffs says the trial for a physician accused of sexual abuse will stay in Pottawattamie County. The Omaha World-Herald reports Judge Richard Davidson  denied a motion by prosecutors to move the trial of Dr. Dennis Jones outside Council Bluffs. Earlier this month the Iowa Attorney General’s Office requested a change of venue in the case of Jones, a pediatrician accused of sexual abuse of a 5-year-old girl.

The A-G’s office said in court documents, that it would be hard to find a fair or impartial jury due to extensive media coverage and Jones’ 35 years as a doctor in the Pottawattamie County.  Judge Davidson rejected that argument in a court document filed last week.

Jones’ trial is scheduled to begin on Tuesday (May 65th). If convicted on the charge of second-degree sexual abuse, a Class B felony, he faces up to 50 years in prison.