LYTTON, IOWA – A Northern Iowa man is in jail after a young teen female’s dad found messages between her and a much older male.
The Sac County Sheriffs’ Office arrested 38-year-old Antonio Deon Pharms from Lytton, Iowa om three counts of sex abuse 2nd degree and three counts of lascivious acts with a child.
The investigation started on June 30, 2023, when the father of a juvenile female was notified of messages between Pharms and his thirteen-year-old daughter. Pharms was arrested later that evening on a charge of violating a no-contact order on an unrelated case. The thirteen-year-old female was interviewed by the Child Advocacy Center in Waterloo. During the interview it was learned that sexual contact had occurred at least three times in the past two months between Pharms and the juvenile female.
Antonio Pharms was officially charged on July 15, 2023. Pharms has been in the Sac County Jail since his arrest on June 30th. Pharms is being held on $105,000.00 bond.
The Iowa Department of Human Services has also been working on this case.
