Suspect Arrested for Sexual Assault of Ex-GOP Senator During Iowa Jog

Former senator Martha McSally detailed the ordeal in a video, saying she “chose to fight” back.

Former senator Martha McSally of Arizona is followed by a man while she was jogging at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Nov. 8, 2023. Courtesy of Council Bluffs Police Department

Authorities in Nebraska arrested a 25-year-old suspect early on Friday two days after former senator Martha McSally of Arizona reported being sexually assaulted while she jogged along the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

The Council Bluffs Police Department said in a statement on Nov. 10 that Dominic Henton of Papillion, Nebraska, was taken into custody by police officers in Omaha, Nebraska.