GARNER – A man previously convicted of sex crimes in at least two North Iowa counties and now guilty of new charges of sex crimes against a child wants a new trial.
Chad Bonner, listed as an inmate in the Winnebago county jail in Forest City, was charged after an investigation in Winnebago county with two counts of second-degree sexual abuse and one count of indecent contact with a child, both felonies. The crimes are over 10 years old, records show. The charges come after an investigation by the state’s Division of Criminal Investigation and Winnebago county authorities. He was arrested June 28, 2017. He entered a not-guilty plea but after an April trial, was found guilty.
Bonner has requested a new trial, records show. No date has been set.
Bonner was convicted in Cerro Gordo county in 1991 of third-degree sexual abuse. He was also convicted in Winnebago county in 2010 with dissemination of obscene material and sexual exploitation of a minor.
