Pentacrest masturbator accused of violating his parole with jail assaults

Lang
11/22/23

A transient convicted of publicly masturbating on the Pentacrest is now accused of violating his parole.

27-year-old Davee Ceya is currently serving a 30-day jail sentence at the Johnson County Jail on an unrelated assault charge. Johnson County deputies say on November 7^th Ceya punched a jailer in the face causing injury and scratched another’s jailer’s arm, causing a cut. Ceya is charged with two counts of Assault on Persons in Certain Occupations Causing Bodily Injury. If convicted on both charges, he faces a maximum of four years in jail.

The reported assaults would violate Ceya’s parole. Earlier this year Ceya was given one year of probation and a 270 day suspended sentence after pleading guilty to an Indecent Exposure charge. He must also appear on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry for ten years as part of special parole. On the morning of May 11th, witnesses reported seeing Ceya masturbating on a bench on the southeast corner of the Pentacrest with several other people sitting around him.

The reported assaults on jail staff would violate Ceya’s parole.