Shellsburg Couple Arrested, a Second Time

A second set of arrests were carried out by the Benton County Sheriff's Department for a married couple from Shellsburg.

Stacy Diveley was arrested on the same charge that brought her a prison term just a week earlier. She was arrested for one count of Child Endangerment, an aggravated misdemeanor. She was tried in June for her original crimes, found guilty and sentenced to no more than 7 years in prison on July 1, 2024.

According to court records, the last line in the judge's ruling indicates that she is free while she appeals the ruling. Posting $15,000 in bonds. The filing reads, "Appeal Bond $2,000 Each Ct. I, II, III, V, VI and $5,000 FOR CT IV." The judge gave the appeal process 90 days to complete the appeal.

At the time of her second arrest exactly a week later, July 8, 2024, she was still not imprisoned.In the second arrest, she was released on $2,000 bail with a promise to appear next Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 8:30 a.m.

Jeffrey Diveley was also arrested for the second time. He is out following his arrest on September 19, 2022 and posting $140,000 cash only bond.

This arrest adds a charge of Grooming, a Class D Felony. He posted a $5,000 bond with a promise to appear, at the same time as his wife on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at 8:30 a.m.

His original trial has been rescheduled several times and is now scheduled for December 2, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. He faces 10 charges which include:Two counts of Sexual Abuse in the 2nd Degree, a Class B FelonyTwo counts of Sexual Abuse, 3rd Degree, a Class C FelonyTwo counts of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child, a Class B FelonyTwo counts of Lascivious Acts with a Child, a Class C FelonyTwo counts of Assault with Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse, an Aggravated Misdemeanor

He too is out on bond as he awaits trial.

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CL July 12, 2024, 3:13 pm They need to be in prison! And why are they allowed near any children? The judges have failed these children!

LK July 12, 2024, 3:44 pm What in the world is wrong with our judicial system that allows these two fake humans to be uncaged?

SM July 12, 2024, 5:05 pm They know they did wrong. They need to be in person.The children need to heal now and so they can move on with their lives!! It’s sad that people don’t believe the kids even after seeing the proof and evidence that was made to the courts. She thinks she’s innocent but the evidence shows differently!!

GM July 12, 2024, 5:14 pm I guess I don't understand why they were out pending trial in the first place..the poor children.theyve assaulted

BT July 12, 2024, 11:51 pm The big question here is: WHO was the Judge in this trial? We need to know to VOTE HIM/HER OUT NEXT TIME THEY ARE UP!! Does anyone know?

Editor’s question: Or is this a law that officials in Des Moines need to correct?

SB July 13, 2024, 4:33 am It's not hard to find their public records. It took me 15 seconds.i have a screen shot of Jeffrey's record on this.

MM July 13, 2024, 12:16 pm It’s funny to see her sister saying that she’s innocent and she didn’t even go to the trial to see all the evidence in the proof but she’s defending her saying that she would leave her kids with them. I find that sick!! To the aunt and cousin and stepmom that sat in the whole trial seeing the evidence and hearing from the girls word for word what he did to each of them and Stacy still didn’t leave him and they still think they’re innocent? That’s SICK shame on you. Bailing them out of jail because you all think they are innocent? What is wrong with you? On top of it all, you don’t have that type of money to do it.

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