Some of Mayor’s Charges Reduced

The mayor of Oelwein, Jason Manus, has made his initial court appearance on charges of sexually abusing two young girls.

The 36 year old Manus was originally charged with 5 counts of second degree sexual abuse, but four of the counts were reduced to third degree sex abuse, during his appearance in Fayette County District court Wednesday.

The charges allegedly involve a 9 year old girl and a 12 year old girl, from incidents that took place in Oelwein four years ago.
With lowering the degree of four of the charges, Manus' bond was reduced to a total of $65,000: $25,000 for the first count, and $10,000 each for the other counts.

So far, no word on the future of Manus' role as mayor of Oelwein.

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