On January 27, 2025, Bryan Allen Brown, age 35, was arrested for Grooming (D Felony). Mr. Brown was transported to the Marshall County Jail and remains in custody.
This arrest was made in connection with an investigation that began on December 10, 2024. It is alleged that Mr. Brown engaged in a sexually explicit conversation via a social media app with an online profile of a person he believed to be a child under the age of eighteen. It is further alleged Mr. Brown solicited a meeting with the person he believed to be under the age of eighteen for the purpose of engaging in a sex act.
This investigation remains active. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Marshalltown Police Department at 641.754.5725 or 911. Tips can be submitted anonymously by calling Marshall County Crime Stoppers at 641.753.1234 or via text by texting the word “marshall” followed by the tip to CRIMES (274637). Tips may also be submitted online at www.marshallcountycs.com.
(A criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.)
AUTHORITY: Lt. Sadie Weekley (sweekley@marshalltown-ia.gov or 641.754.5729)