Dubuque Man Gets 25 Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Boy

A Dubuque man was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he again was convicted of sexually abusing a young boy from 2016 to 2018. 38 year old Bryan Halfhill of Dubuque was given the sentence Monday in Iowa District Court of Dubuque County after a jury found him guilty in January of second-degree sexual abuse and lascivious acts with a child. He was found not guilty of lascivious acts with a child-soliciting a person to arrange a sex act with a child. Halfhill previously was tried on the three charges in 2019 and found guilty on all three counts. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison but was granted a new trial by the Iowa Court of Appeals. Halfhill chose not to make a statement at his sentencing on Monday.