Alexander Dehogues

A Kalona man who has been in custody at the Washington County Jail since June has been arrested on a federal indictment. 

On Wednesday, Washington County Jail staff reported that 34-year-old Alexander Dehogues of Kalona was wanted on federal charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, cause to engage in a sexual act, a class C felony, and the purchase or possession of a depiction of a minor in a sex act, first offense, an aggravated misdemeanor. 

According to court records, from January 2021 through August of 2023, the defendant allegedly used hidden cameras in order to produce images of two minors in a state of nudity. These were discovered by the Joint Forensic Analysis Cyber Team after reviewing Dehogues devices. 

In June, he was arrested on local charges of sexual exploitation of a minor, cause to engage in sex act, a class C felony and sexual exploitation of a minor, a class D felony. A motion was placed for local charges to be dismissed so that Dehogues could be prosecuted federally for these charges.