2 weeks Ago By Trish Mehaffey - The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (TNS)
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IOWA CITY — A University of Iowa police detective said an Iowa City man created a social media profile of him using personal information, including his spouse's name, and used "hateful discriminating language" that he would never use. All of the thoughts and comments are from the "mind and soul" of Daniel Stephen Kauble, 30, Detective Ian Mallory said Thursday in a victim impact statement during Kauble's sentencing for his conviction of tampering with a witness. Mallory said Kauble engaged members from the public — those involved in investigations Mallory was working on — and encouraged them to work against the detective.
Kauble even got a city council member to interact with Mallory and curse at him. As a result of some of those social media posts, a man — not from this community — called up Mallory's supervisor and made a complaint against him, Mallory said. In one post under one of the many of Kauble's social media accounts, he said Mallory was going to assassinate the president while visiting Iowa.
An inquiry on Mallory was opened by federal authorities. Mallory said many of the multiple social media owned by Kauble that he mentioned during his statement wasn't part of the tampering witness conviction. The social media accounts posts started in 2023 and continued into 2024.
According to Kauble's plea in January, he admitted to communicating over the social media platform X with Mallory between Feb. 8 and 25, 2024, which he "intended and expected" Mallory to see and would be "likely to cause Ian Mallory annoyance." Kauble admitted to doing so in retaliation because Mallory had testified against two of his friends.
Kauble sent photos of detective's spouse to suspects According to a criminal complaint, Kauble set up an email and X accounts under Mallory's name the same day, Feb. 8, 2024, that a jury found two protesters guilty of disorderly conduct. Kauble used the X account to "repeatedly" post messages intended to "disparage, annoy, harass, and engender public contempt for Ian Mallory," according to the complaint.
The complaint also stated the use of these fake accounts was intended to "harass" Mallory and retaliate against him for his testimony. Mallory had no knowledge of the accounts set up in his name and didn't consent to them, the criminal complaint stated. Mallory, during his statement, also said Kauble in one of the other accounts owned by Kauble he wrote disparaging things about Mallory's spouse — identifying her by name — and he also had a collection of photos of Mallory's spouse on his phone and sent them to suspects.
At some point, Kauble also sent Mallory a Venmo request for $1,500, stating it was for Kauble's legal and emotional distress. Mallory said Kauble was "obsessed" with him and was "stalking" him. Mallory had to tell his neighbors about Kauble, so they would be aware and no harm would come to his family or others.
He has nightmares about Kauble coming to his house and setting it on fire when his family is sleeping. "I'm telling you to leave my family alone for the last time," Mallory, during his statement, told Kauble. The prosecution agreed to stay silent on sentencing, but Mallory said just because he's a police officer, this kind of behavior "should not be tolerated" and asked Associate District Judge Brandon Schrock to sentence Kauble to 30 days in jail for tampering with a witness.
Kauble caused people not to want to testify in the justice system, Mallory said. He also requested that Kauble pay court fees and fines and that a no contact order be extended against Kauble to protect Mallory and his family. Kauble: Detective is a human being who 'deserves more dignity' Kauble, who was supported by numerous members of the community in attendance at the hearing, said he had "many regrets" about making his online comments "personal" because Mallory is a human being who "deserves more dignity.
" Kauble said his actions have brought more negativity to the trans rights cause and community, which he didn't want. His counselor has helped him and he hopes to go forward in ways that are legal and more productive, he said. Schrock said he had been thinking about this case over the last two week and didn't take it lightly.
He told Kauble it was obvious from the letters of support the defense submitted that he cares about the communities he supports, but he cannot commit crimes in doing so. Schrock said he didn't think a deferred judgment was appropriate in this case. He sentenced Kauble to 180 days, but suspended it and gave him two years probation.
This sentence will make Kauble prove he has learned from this experience, Schrock said. He also granted to extend a no contact order against Kauble to protect Mallory. The other two charges of third-degree harassment and identity theft were dismissed, along with no contact violations filed against Kauble pending the resolution of this case.
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