(Clarinda, Iowa) – Officials with the Page County Attorney’s Office said Tuesday, that a man from Clarinda was found guilty Monday in Page County District Court, of the crime of Lascivious Acts with a Child, a class C felony. 41-year-old Jesse J. Stimson was originally charged on September 13, 2023, with one count of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, a class B felony, one count of Lascivious Acts with a Child, a class C felony, and one Count of Indecent Contact with a Child, an aggravated misdemeanor. On January 22, 2024, Stimson entered into a negotiated plea of guilty to Lascivious Acts with a Child. As part of that plea, the State dismissed the Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree charge and the Indecent Acts with a Child charge.

Jesse J. Stimson

As part of his sentence, Stimson was ordered to serve a sentence of up to 10 years of incarceration, which was suspended, he was placed on two years of formal probation, he will be required to reside at the Residential Treatment Center until maximum benefits are achieved, and he was ordered to complete the Sex Offender Treatment Program. Stimson will also be required to register as a sex offender and placed on a special sentence which will include a 10-year parole, pursuant to Iowa Code.