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Western Iowa man arrested on sexual exploitation charge

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August 14th, 2012 by Ric Hanson

Authorities in western Iowa’s Monona County say on Onawa man was arrested Monday on a sexual exploitation charge. According to Onawa Police, 23-year-old Jesse Wayne Trudeau was taken into custody on a felony charge of suspicion of sexually exploiting a minor, and an aggravated misdemeanor charge of transmitting obscene material to a minor by phone. Trudeau was being held in the Monona County Jail on $7,500.00 bond.

Authorities say the alleged incident is believed to have taken place sometime between December 2010 and February of 2011. The Iowa DCI was assisting Onawa Police in conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident. No other details have been released.