The Mahaska County Sheriff’s office has arrested a suspect in the rape of a local real estate agent.37-year-old Anthony Schmidt was arrested Friday in his car and charged with second-degree sexual abuse. Police say Schmidt gave a fake address to a realtor Thursday when he asked her to show him a house in New Sharon. Schmidt is listed on the Iowa Sex Offender Registry list, at high risk to re-offend. He was convicted of sex crimes against women in May 1985 in Polk County and 1988 in Pottawattamie County. He’s jailed in Mahaska County.
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