Lang
11/24/24
A plea deal has been reached in the case of an Iowa City man accused of sexually abusing children.
43-year-old Munga Sapo of the Lake Ridge manufactured housing community entered a guilty plea on Friday. Terms of the plea deal have not been released.
Sapo is accused of sexually abusing boys and girls between the ages of 7 and 15. During the investigation into those charges, child pornography was also allegedly found on his cellphones. Sapo is also accused of assaulting and threatening to kill his wife and children.
Sapo was initially charged with eight counts of 2nd Degree Sexual Abuse, three counts of 1st Degree Harassment, two counts of Incest, and one count each of Possession of the Depiction of a Minor in a Sex Act, Domestic Abuse Assault Causing Injury, Assault With Intent to Commit Serious Injury, and Child Endangerment.
If convicted on all charges, Sapo would have faced a maximum sentence of 236 years in prison.
A sentencing date has not yet been set.