(Radio Iowa) – A Hedrick man faces 20 felony sex abuse charges in Jefferson and Keokuk County. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says 31-year-old Matthew Robert Reynolds was arrested at the conclusion of an investigation which began in the fall of 2018.

Reynolds is charged with five counts of third-degree sexual abuse in Jefferson County and 14 counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and one count of second-degree sexual abuse in Keokuk County. Investigators say the abuse involved his girlfriend, her sister and a babysitter in Fairfield, Hedrick and Sigourney.

Matthew Reynolds

Reynolds is being held in the Keokuk County Jail