In April of 2011, Beyer became the payee for Social Security payments to his son. As part of the plea deal, Beyer admitted that he did not use all of the money for the benefit of his son, cheating the 21-year-old out of almost $17,000. Sentencing in the matter is scheduled for 3 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2015, in federal court.

Beyer – along with his wife, Rebecca, and stepson Ryan Smith – were arrested in June of 2013 on suspicion of first-degree kidnapping for alleged abuse against Beyer’s then-20-year-old developmentally delayed son. Rebecca Beyer was also charged with willful injury causing serious injury stemming from the abuse, including charges that she would heat forks and spoons on a stove and burn her stepson. Smith accepted a plea deal in May for an aggravated misdemeanor charge.

James and Rebecca Beyer were both accused of abusing the man, including keeping him chained inside a detached garage at her Avenue C home. James Beyer had been scheduled to face trial on Tuesday for the state charges, but the matter has been continued as prosecutors look to finish both cases at the same time, according to Amy Zacharias with the Pottawattamie County Attorney’s Office.