Burlington man accused of sexually abusing a juvenile

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Burlington, IA-  Authorities say a Burlington man is facing charges after he sexually assaulted a juvenile in 2021.

The Hawk Eye reports that Detectives went to the Child Protection Center for a forensic interview with a juvenile on August 8th.

The juvenile told detectives that 50-year-old Raymond Showers of Burlington, sexually assaulted her multiple times over several days, prevented her from contacting anyone and took away her phone, gave her drugs, and held her at gunpoint.

She said that these events took place between November and December of 2021.

Showers was arrested Wednesday and charged with 2nd Degree of Sexual Abuse.  Showers is being held in the Des Moines County Jail on a $100,000 cash-only bond.