(Pottawattamie County) – Sentencing is set to take place in February, 2023, in the case of a 59-year-old man from Walnut, who was found guilty this week of two Class-B Felony counts of Second-degree Sexual Abuse involving children under the age of 12. Two other, similar charges were dismissed by the Court. The verdict against Allan Sievers was handed-down Monday (Dec. 19), after a jury in Council Bluffs U-S District court heard testimony over a period of four-days.

Sievers faces up to 25 years in prison on each count, or a total of 50-years. He is also required to be placed on the State’s Sex Offender Registry for the remainder of his life, and after he is released from prison, will serve a lifetime special sentence of parole. Sentencing is set for 9:30-a.m. Feb. 9. 2023.

Allan Sievers

Sievers was arrested September, 2020, following an investigation that began in 2019. He was a Walnut area electrician for more than 25-years.