The man of Iowa City is advocated guilty of creating a social media account under the name of the UIPD detective

A man from Iowa City pleaded guilty of manipulating a witness after making socializing posts about a Iowa University Police Detective.

Daniel Kauble, 30, pleaded guilty of manipulating a witness, an aggravated crime on January 16th. He previously faced several accusations, including the third -degree harassment and theft theft, after posing as a detective Ian Mallory on X.

Kauble tried to “annoy” the detective of the University of Iowa

In his plea, Kable admitted that he communicated with Mallory in a 17-day period in February 2024 by posts “which I proposed and expected to be seen by Ian Mallory, without a legitimate purpose a manner that can cause Ian Mallory’s annoyance. “

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Kauble said the posts are “in reprisals for Ian Mallory’s legal testimony against two of my friends” during a trial of February 7, 2024.

The X account that Kauble created, @Ianmalory4iowa, has since been deleted.

The initial criminal complaints filed in this case also argued that Kable created a false Gmail account under Mallory’s name and obtained “satisfaction” from “annoying” the detective on social media.

Kable also faced more accusations of contempt for the court for violating a previous order of previous contact to prohibit “posting images and videos about or information about” Mallory “. The police accused Kauble of posting content that mentioned Mallory or used an account with a profile image of Mallory.

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The case of separate disorderly conduct has aroused a stirred impersonation

The social and impersonation saga began after a jury found Isadora Kippes and Elizabeth Jorgensen guilty of disordered conduct on February 8, 2024, following a protest on the campus of the University of Iowa. However, the jury did not agree that the pair was guilty of criminal mistakes of the fifth degree.

Kauble created the fake accounts on the night after the verdict. The criminal complaints said that Kauble used the accounts for “scorn, annoyance, harassment and generation of public contempt” in Mallory, who testified to the common process for Kappes and Jorgenson. Mallory arrested the pair after participating in protests in campus in April and October 2023.

A permanent order without contact is in effect

A condition of the pleading agreement stipulates that the court will impose a permanent order without contact, which will restrict Kauble from “contacting or posting about Detective Ian Mallory for a period of five years”.

All other accusations in Kauble’s case and a separate but related case will also be abandoned as part of the reason.

Kauble requested a postponed decision and minimum fines and court fees. Prosecutors will not challenge the request for postponed judgment, according to Kauble’s plea.

His sentence is set for March 13.

Ryan Hansen covers the local administration and crime for press citizenship. It can be reached to [email protected] Or on X, previously known as twitter, @ryanhansen01.

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