MASON CITY – A woman accused of sex abuse of a child at her Mason City daycare has been released from jail under strict conditions and is in Charles City.
Tawny Marie Symonds, age 30 of Wells, Minnesota, was arrested in December and charged with sexual abuse in the second degree, a class B felony. She was also charged with class C felony assault and class D felony child endangerment.
These charges are a result of a joint Iowa Department of Human Services investigation with the Mason City Police Department that began in February of 2016 at a residence in Mason City, where Symonds operated an in-home daycare.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation also assisted in the investigation.
Police told NIT “The defendant’s day care was a licensed day care. The other children were interviewed. It does not appear that there are any additional victims at this time.”
Later in December, Symonds was released from jail after her defense counsel and state prosecutors came to an agreement. Symonds will be released with supervision to the custody of the Department of Correctional Services under the following terms:
1. The defendant shall be fitted with a GPS ankle monitor prior to being released from jail; a. The parties acknowledge that DCS has advised that they may need up and until January 4, 2017, to schedule said fitting;
2. The defendant shall reside at the agreed upon residence in Charles City, Iowa;
3. The defendant shall NOT reside with or be in the presence of minor children;
4. The defendant shall comply with any and all requirements or restrictions put in place for her supervision with the Department of Correctional Services – including, but not limited to check-in frequency/dates/times, curfew; The Defendant shall be under the pretrial supervision of the Department of Correctional Services. The Defendant shall not leave the state of Iowa without prior permission of the Court.
No trial date has been set, and it does not appear that Symonds has been arraigned at this time.
“investigation with the Mason City Police Department that began in February of this year” how can it start in Feb this yr when its only January now???
That was pulled from the press release after her arrest in December of 2016.
Strict conditions? Right. She better need dialysis or something. That’s ridiculous.