HAMPTON – Convicted sex offender Larry Lee Prause, age 69, was released from prison after serving less than 11 months on three convictions for indecent contact with a child.
Last February 23rd Prause was sentenced in Butler County by District Associate Judge Peter B. Newell to serve three 2 year prison sentences concurrently after pleading guilty to three counts of 709.12 Indecent Contact With A Child.
The charges followed an investigation by the Butler County Sheriff’s Department. The illegal contact with the child happened between July 1st, 2005 and continued until October 13th, 2010. One count was when the child was aged 0 to 13 years old, the other two counts list the child(ren) as 14-17 years old.
According to the Iowa Department of Corrections he was released from prison on Saturday, January 19th. Larry Prause has registered his address with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department as 111 NW 4th Avenue in Hampton, Iowa.
