29-year-old Misael Topete convicted of third-degree sexual abuse in Sioux County, Iowa, after fleeing to Mexico.

29-year-old Misael Topete Topete, a former Hawarden resident, has been convicted by a Sioux County, Iowa jury for third-degree sexual abuse of a woman by force. The assault occurred in 2017 at his mother's house while the victim was sleeping. Topete fled to Mexico in 2018 but turned himself in on February 18, 2024. As a forcible felony, he remains in custody at the Sioux County Jail awaiting sentencing.

July 26, 2024
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