DAVENPORT, Iowa – A former Eldridge Police Officer, Tuesday, entered a plea of guilty to three counts of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree. A judge in Scott County District Court accepted the plea from 24-year-old Andrew Patrick Denoyer, and set his sentencing date for July 29th.

On September 24, 2021, at the request of the Eldridge Police Department, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation opened an investigation for alleged wrongdoings by Denoyer.  Specifically, Denoyer was suspected of having sex with a 14-year-old female. After a thorough investigation, Denoyer was arrested on September 28, 2021, and charged with three counts of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree. Two additional counts of the same charge were later filed against Denoyer.  A charge of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree is a Class C Felony.