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South Dakota men who traveled to Clear Lake to engage in sexual activity with minor plead guilty

Clear Lake Police Department
Clear Lake Police Department

CEDAR RAPIDS – Two men who crossed state lines to commit sex acts with a minor pled guilty in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

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Mensur Malik, age 22, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, was convicted of one count of transporting a minor across a state line with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. Salim Issa, age 22, from Sioux Falls, was convicted of one count of traveling across a state line for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct.

At a plea hearing on September 23, 2013, Malik admitted that, in July 2012, he transported a minor female from Iowa to South Dakota with the intent to engage in sexual activity with her. At a plea hearing on September 13, 2013, Issa admitted that, in July 2012, when he and Malik traveled from South Dakota to Iowa, he intended to have sex with the minor female.

Sentencings before United States District Court Chief Judge Linda R. Reade will be set after presentence reports are prepared. Both Malik and Issa remain in custody of the United States Marshal pending sentencing. Malik faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and supervised release for 5 years to life following his imprisonment. Issa faces a possible maximum sentence of 30 years’ imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, a $100 special assessment, and supervised release for 5 years to life following his imprisonment.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Mark Tremmel and was investigated by the Clear Lake, Iowa, Police Department, the Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Police Department, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.

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