Ex-Pleasantville officer charged in child sex abuse case

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Correction: According to criminal complaints, Officer Alec Veatch was born in 1997, making him 24. An earlier version of this story had another age.

A former Pleasantville police officer has been charged with several counts in a child sex abuse case.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said Tuesday in a news release that Alec Veatch was arrested Monday at his Norwalk home.

Veatch, 24, has been charged with one count each of third-degree sexual abuse, lascivious acts with a minor and enticing a minor. Investigators say Veatch is accused of having sexual contact with a 15-year-old.

Veatch was booked into the Jasper County Jail and later released on bond.

No attorney was listed Tuesday for Veatch in online court records, and a publicly-listed phone number for Veatch could not be found.

This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: Ex-Pleasantville Iowa officer charged with sex abuse of 15 year old