(Des Moines, Iowa) – Officers with Oskaloosa Police Department and agents with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), Thursday, arrested 41-year-old Dustin Flaherty, and 40-year-old Sara Flaherty, at their Oskaloosa home. The arrests come after the Oskaloosa Police Department and the DCI conducted a joint investigation into allegations of sexual assaults committed by Dustin and Sara Flaherty, who are husband and wife.

The charges against Dustin include a single charge, each, of Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Abuse (706.3; Class C Felony) and Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree (709.4; Class C Felony), and two counts of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (709.3; Class B Felony).

Dustin Flaherty

Sara Flaherty

The charges against Sara include a single charge, each, of Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Abuse (706.3, Class C Felony) and Sexual Abuse in the Third Degree (709.4; Class C Felony), and two counts, each, of Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree (709.3; Class B Felony) and Drug Distribution to a Person Under the Age of Eighteen (124.406; Class B Felony).

Dustin and Sara Flaherty were processed into the Mahaska County Jail, where they remain. This is an on-going investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Oskaloosa Police Department at (641) 672-2557.