Lang
12/22/24
Charges have been dropped against an Iowa City man accused of having inappropriate contact with a child.
33-year-old Darnell Triplett was arrested in December of 2023 for an alleged incident from June of 2021. A witness claims they observed Triplett in the bedroom of a 12-year-old child in the middle of the night. Triplett’s hands were reportedly under the blanket, and the witness was under the impression he was touching the child sexually. The child told investigators that when she was eight or nine years old he fondled her over and under her clothing. When she was 11 or 12 years of age, Triplett allegedly felt the girl’s breasts over her clothing and exposed himself to her while touching himself.
Court records show two counts of Indecent Contact with a Child and one of Indecent Exposure were dropped last week. Weapons charges for a separate incident were dropped last February. Triplett was allegedly found in possession of a 9mm Beretta despite having previous armed robbery, drug and domestic abuse charges out of Illinois.