Ames, Iowa – The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports a former high school coach in Albia, 36-year old Aaron Koester, was arrested last Friday in Indiana, following an investigation by the Albia Police Department and the Division of Criminal Investigation. Koester who is from Indianapolis, Indiana, was extradited to the Monroe County Jail in Iowa, on September 5th. He remains held there on a $200,000 bond.

Koester faces multiple felony counts of sexual abuse against a minor. The charges against him include two counts of Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree (Class B felony) and two counts of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree (Class D felony). These charges are not the result of interactions Koester had as a coach.

This investigation is on-going and additional charges are possible. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Albia Police Department at (641) 932-7815.