GPS helps clear accused man of child sexual assault

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Polk County prosecutors say they plan to drop charges against a man accused of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl. In charges filed in December, District Attorney Dan Steffen says the man from Turtle Lake was accused of assaulting the girl at her home.

However, the handicapped transportation service the man worked for had GPS information that later proved he never left his route on the day of the alleged assault.

Steffen says finding out an alleged victim was not telling the truth is about the worst situation a prosecutor can imagine. He says there is no doubt now that the accusations were false.

Steffen says his office will do everything possible to clear the man’s name, including having the case dismissed and expunged from all databases so there’s no “cloud on his history.”

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