Hedrick man faces multiple sex abuse charges

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Keokuk County, IA-  A Hedrick man faces 20 felony sex abuse charges in Jefferson and Keokuk County.

Radio Iowa reports the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says 31-year-old Matthew Robert Reynolds was arrested at the conclusion of an investigation which began in the fall of 2018.

Reynolds is charged with five counts of third-degree sexual abuse in Jefferson County and 14 counts of third-degree sexual abuse, and one count of second-degree sexual abuse in Keokuk County.

Investigators say the abuse involved his girlfriend, her sister and a babysitter in Fairfield, Hedrick and Sigourney.  Reynolds is being held in the Keokuk County Jail