Lang
12/23/23
Iowa City Police have arrested a man wanted for alleged sexual misconduct with a child and weapons and drug charges.
32-year-old Darnell Triplett of Peterson Street was booked in to the Johnson County Jail just after 10:00 Friday morning. Arrest records indicate on June 21st of 2021 a witness observed Triplett in the bedroom of a 12-year-old child in the middle of the night. Triplett’s hands were reportedly under the blanket, and the witness was under the impression he was touching the child sexually. The child told investigators that when she was eight or nine years old he fondled her over and under her clothing. When she was 11 or 12 years of age, Triplett allegedly felt the girl’s breasts over her clothing and exposed himself to her while touching himself.
Triplett was also wanted on weapons charges following an incident in February of 2022. Police say he left a loaded 9mm Beretta in an Uber. The gun tested positive for Triplett’s DNA. Triplett has previous armed robbery, drug and domestic abuse charges out of Illinois.
Iowa City Police say they also found Triplett in possession of 14.5 grams of marijuana after he was stopped on the Ped Mall just after 1 a.m. on April 23rd, 2022.
Now that he’s in custody, Triplett is charged with two counts of Indecent Contact With a Child and one count each of Indecent Exposure, Dominion or Control of a Firearm by a Felon, Dominion or Control of a Firearm by a Domestic Abuser, and Possession of a Controlled Substance. If convicted on all charges, he faces a maximum of 16 years in prison.
