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Central Iowa man faces kidnapping and sex abuse charges

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April 5th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

A Clive man faces kidnapping and sex abuse charges following an investigation into an incident that happened earlier this year. KCCI reports, according to a criminal complaint Derek Alshouse is accused of taking a woman from one place to another while she was impaired in January. A search warrant states the woman said she woke up with her pants pulled down in the basement of a West Des Moines business after a night out at a bar. Alshouse owns the business and told officers he took the woman home after she was kicked out of a bar.

Alshouse allegedly told officers he and the woman “hooked up.” Investigators said the woman became upset when she heard that and said she would never have done that. He’s being held in the Polk County Jail on $110,000 bond.