Minnesota Woman Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Child Sex Charges

DES MOINES, IA - On July 19, 2017, Cynthia Ann Mitteness, age 49, of Minnesota, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Stephanie M. Rose to 27 years imprisonment for conspiring to transport a minor child with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, announced United States Attorney Kevin E. VanderSchel.

On March 7, 2017, Mitteness pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted that, between April 2016 and July 8, 2016, she conspired with another person to transport a minor child from Minnesota to Polk County, Iowa, with the intent to engage the minor in unlawful sexual activity. The charges were the result of an investigation by law enforcement in Polk County, Iowa, and Carver County, Minnesota.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Carver County Sheriff’s Office, and United States Marshals Service conducted the investigation. This case was prosecuted by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa.