He walked into the courtroom ready to enter his guilty plea for sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy. Two months later, and the 23-year-old Iowa man walked free, his case dismissed because the county attorney not only missed filing deadlines but also missed that guilty plea hearing because she was too busy being arrested for drunkenness.
An Iowa judge ruled on Dec. 17, that Dennis Simmerman should be freed from the County Clarke jail, where he has spent 15 months awaiting trial for sex abuse charges, according to local media reports.
