Lang
12/6/25
A former IT director with the University of Iowa Athletics Department accused of sending pornographic images to and trying to entice sex with a person he believed to be a minor has been given a deferred judgment.
Iowa City Police say 68-year-old Mark Sevcik of East Road SW in Cedar Rapids began communicating with a female he believed to be under the age of 16 in August of 2023. Sevcik reportedly sent hundreds of texts to the person as well as dozens of pornographic videos, memes and photographs. Many of the texts reportedly explained he wanted to do to the recipient what was being depicted in the images. At one point, Sevcik allegedly sent the other person a photo of his penis, telling her, “His name is ‘Veiny’.”
Police say Sevcik later told the recipient to delete all communications with him and that he would bring her underwear. A search warrant executed on Sevcik’s vehicle reportedly turned up the underwear, condoms and personal lubricant.
Sevcik was initially charged with three counts of Telephone Dissemination of Obscene Materials to a Minor and one count of Enticing a Minor. If convicted on all counts, he would have faced a maximum of 11 years in prison.
Sevcik pleaded guilty to one of the dissemination charges and the enticement charge. On Friday, Judge Brandon Schrock gave him a suspended sentence and two years of probation. If Sevcik can maintain a clean criminal record, the charges could be expunged from his record.