The Mills County Attorney’s Office, Friday night, said a Mills County Jury found 40-year old Christopher Lee Irvin, of Pacific Junction, guilty of felony Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree and Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee, an aggravated misdemeanor.

Irvin had been formally charged on September 10, 2018, with one count of Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree, a Class C Felony; one count of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee, each a Class D Felony; and two counts of Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee, each an Aggravated Misdemeanor.

His trial began Tuesday, May 21st. The jury deliberated for six hours before finding him guilty on one count of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd degree and one count of sexual exploitation. Irvin was immediately taken into custody by members of the Mills County Sheriff’s Office and is being held, without bond, pending a sentencing hearing to be scheduled by order of the Court.

A Class C Felony is punishable by up to ten (10) years in prison. An Aggravated Misdemeanor is punishable by up to two (2) years in prison. Due to the nature of the offenses, Irvin will be required to register as a sex offender and be placed on special parole for the rest of his life.

Mills County Attorney, Naeda Elliott, thanked the Mills County Sheriff’s Office; the Iowa Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Investigation; Project Harmony and Phoenix House for their help and dedication “to bring justice to the victim of this atrocity.”