Crime & Safety
Story County Man Sentenced on 'Alien Smuggling' Charge
Donald Dean Jensen, paid another person to bring women into the country illegally so that they could have sex with him, Department of Justice says.
A Story County man will spend 16 months in prison for paying another person to smuggle Mexican women across the border for cooking, cleaning and sexual purposes, according a release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Donald Dean Jensen, 58, was sentenced on a charge of “alien smuggling” Thursday.
Jensen admitted to paying another person to bring two Mexican women into the United States illegally in 2010 on separate occasions, according to the release.
At a sentencing hearing, the women testified that they were expected to cook, clean and have sex with Jensen while they were in Iowa and were allowed limited communication while staying in his home, the release said.
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