Brycelyn Haughey

NEWS-CHRONICLE Brycelyn Haughey, 23, of Toledo, entered a written plea of guilty and was sentenced in Iowa District Court – Tama County on Nov. 10 to the charge (Count 6) of sexual exploitation by a school employee, an aggravated misdemeanor. As part of the plea agreement, Counts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 were dismissed by the Court at cost to Haughey. In her plea, Haughey admitted that on or about Sept. 25, 2020 to “knowingly have sexual contact with a student for the purpose of arousing the sexual desires of me, a school employee (full time).”

Following an investigation by the Tama County Sheriff’s Office and the Tama County Attorney, Haughey – the former head varsity volleyball coach at GMG and a paraeducator at South Tama Elementary – was arrested on Dec. 15, 2021. According to court documents, Haughey allegedly engaged in multiple sexual acts and disseminated inappropriate images with a minor over a period of time in 2020. Haughey is also alleged to have provided alcohol to the minor on multiple occasions.

As part of the plea agreement, Haughey was sentenced to serve 364 days in jail with credit for time previously served. All but 90 days of the sentence were suspended and Haughey was placed on supervised probation for two years. Haughey was further ordered to register as a sex offender for a period of 10 years, pay a $260 civil penalty, pay a $25 sex offender registry fee, as well as an $855 fine – which was subsequently suspended – and victim pecuniary damages. The temporary no contact order was terminated and replaced with a new no contact order for the victim in this case and the victim’s immediate family. The new no contact order is in effect until Nov. 10, 2027. Haughey is represented by Public Defender Scott Hunter of Marshalltown.