CRESTON, Iowa [KCCI] — Two people are accused of sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl in Creston. KCCI-TV in Des Moines reports 19-year-old Isabel Pettit and 29-year-old Dennis Simmerman are facing numerous charges, including sexual abuse. Criminal complaints in the case were filed last week. Court records say Pettit allowed Simmerman to sexually abuse the girl and that she knew he was a sex offender. Both Pettit and Simmerman are set to appear in court late next week for their preliminary hearings.

Simmerman was previously accused of abusing a child back in 2017 in Clarke County. Those charges were dropped after the county attorney at the time failed to show up for a plea hearing. Court records show Simmerman was charged again with the same crime a year later.

In 2019, Simmerman pleaded guilty to one count of enticing a child. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison but was paroled in 2021. In February 2022, he violated the sex offender registry and received a two-year probation.