and deprivation of Carrillo’s rights and has been banned from working in law enforcement. He could be sentenced to up to two years in prison.

Womack, who earlier this month pleaded guilty to a felony of lying to federal investigators, is expected to testify later this week.


Under questioning from Assistant U.S. Atty. Lizabeth Rhodes, Zunggeemoge described the encounter with Carrillo, saying repeatedly that the man had been handcuffed throughout.

Zunggeemoge recalled confronting Carrillo in the jail’s visiting center over carrying a cellphone. He said he cuffed both of Carrillo’s hands behind his back and brought him to a side room that deputies use as a break room. Zunggeemoge shoved the visitor up against a refrigerator and started patting him down, he testified.

Annoyed that Carrillo questioned him about why he hadJudge.

       A mother appeals the termination of her parental rights to her minor child,

J.H. She argues the juvenile court erred when it determined the father met his

burden to prove she abandoned J.H. under Iowa Code section 600A.8(3) (2019)

and found termination was in J.H.’s best interest. On our review, we affirm.

       I.     Background

       J.H. was born in 2005 and was fourteen years old at the time of the

termination hearing. The mother was seventeen years old when J.H. was born.

The mother and father have not been in a relationship or lived together since before

J.H. was born. J.H. lived with the mother until she was one year old, at