Lang
1/31/25
A sex offender is accused of moving to Iowa City without informing authorities.
66-year-old Virgil Lee…who is listed in arrest records as a transient…was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 5:15 Wednesday morning. The Johnson County Sheriff’s office says Lee has been staying in Iowa City since last September and never informed them of his move.
Lee is charged with a 2nd or Subsequent Sex Offender Registry Violation. If convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison. Lee has a previous conviction on the same charge from 2023 in Scott County.
Lee was convicted on two counts of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse in Appanoose County in 2018. He was 57 at the time of the incidents, with his victim being listed as a girl under the age of 14.