Crime & Safety
Iowa City Police: Man Charged with Harassment (Three Counts) After Texting Photos of His Genitals to Multiple Women
The man tried the technique with several women, including a former coworker, but this led to the eventual harassment charges instead of the desired effect.
An Iowa City man who lives on Friendship Street was charged for being a bit overly friendly last October.
Abelardo Joese Rodriguez, 22, of 3000 block Friendship Street, was charged with three counts of third-degree harassment for sending photos of his tumescent member to three different women, including a former co-worker. These photos were accompanied by sexually explicit, repetitive, and "annoying" text messages, along with rejoinders asking for sexual favors from the women.
The text messages were allegedly sent on Oct. 3 and Oct. 8 of 2012, according to the Iowa City police criminal complaint. Â
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For this, Rodriguez was charged with three counts of third-degree harassment, a simple misdemeanor, and possession of an illicit substance, also a misdemeanor. He was booked into the Johnson County Jail on Jan. 25, and remains there on a combined $5,000 cash-only bond, according to online jail records.
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