Charles City man charged with second degree sexual abuse with young child

By Bob Steenson, bsteenson@charlescitypress.com

A Charles City man has been charged with sexual abuse for an alleged incident involving a young girl.

Daniel Joseph Hibner, age 34, was arrested on March 15 and charged with sexual abuse in the second degree, a Class B felony.

The criminal complaint filed in Floyd County District Court alleges Hibner sexually abused a girl between the ages of 5 to 7 at a residence in Charles City in August 2022. The girl allegedly reported the incidents to a forensic interviewer at Allen Child Protective Center in Waterloo.

Hibner was taken into custody and ordered held on $25,000 cash bond. Hibner’s attorney requested a bond review hearing, which has been set for April 3 in Floyd County District Court.

A preliminary hearing has been set for March 24, although that hearing is not held if the county attorney’s office files a trial information in the case, which usually takes place. In that event the next court action would be arraignment, which would be held at a time and date identified in the trial information.