Hunter
09/20/21
A Muscatine man who allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a Coralville hotel earlier this year has been arrested.
Police say the incident occurred May 15th at the Heartland Inn on 2nd Street. 48-year-old Jeffery Vaughn is accused of committing a sex act on a woman at approximately 2:30am. Reports indicate that the woman was mentally incapacitated and could not consent.
The assault reportedly caused bodily injury to the woman, who was bruised during the incident.
A warrant for Vaughn’s arrest was requested on September 3rd, and he was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 4am Monday. He’s been charged with 3rd degree Sexual Abuse and Assault with intent to commit Sexual Abuse. If convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.