36-year-old Matthew Akeem Butts was sentenced to 55 years in prison for child abuse and drug distribution to minors in Polk and Story counties.

36-year-old Des Moines man, Matthew Akeem Butts, was sentenced to a combined 55 years in prison following guilty pleas for abusing minors in Polk and Story counties. He met his victims through SnapChat and was given a 10-year sentence in Polk, to run consecutively with his 45-year sentence in Story County for third-degree sexual abuse and drug distribution to a minor. Butts will serve a mandatory minimum of 5 years consecutively, register as a sex offender, and face a life-time special sentence of probation.

August 23, 2024
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