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10/14/21
The manager of a new downtown Iowa City cookie restaurant faces charges that he grabbed an employee’s penis on two separate occasions…in one case speaking in what was described as a “baby voice” while doing so.
According to arrest records, a new employee was called into the basement of Insomnia Cookies on East Washington Street just after 7:30 Wednesday night for orientation. 25-year-old Insomnia Cookies general manager Grant Hill of Keota allegedly had the man watch videos on a laptop. While the alleged victim had the computer on his lap, Hill allegedly grabbed the man’s penis in an unwanted advance.
A second incident allegedly occurred just before 10:45 that same night as the new employee was being trained by Hill in the kitchen. Hill allegedly pointed at the man’s penis multiple times while saying “pee-pee” in what police describe as a “toddler-type voice”. Police say he then grabbed the man’s penis without consent. Surveillance video corroborates the man’s story.
Police say the man later made a recorded call to Hill to confront him about the incident, and Hill apologized.
Hill is charged with two counts of 3rd Degree Sexual Abuse. If convicted, he faces a maximum of 20 years in prison.
