Lang
11/28/24
A sex offender from Wellman is back in custody.
Washington County dispatch records indicate the Wapello County Sheriff’s Office took 37-year-old Audra Cole into custody on a Washington County warrant for a probation violation and a violation of pretrial conditions. Cole is currently facing two sex offender registry violations involving crimes against a minor and a sex offender registry violation involving other crimes. If convicted on all three counts, she faces a maximum of 30 years in prison.
Cole has two previous convictions for Lascivious Conduct with a Minor in Henry County from 2012. The victim in one case was under 14 years of age, and the other was between the ages of 14 and 17.
A pretrial conference on the latest charges is set for December 20th.
While Washington County dispatch records show Cole lives in Wellman, the Iowa Sex Offender Registry lists her address as being in Ottumwa.