Rosemond

A Marshalltown man who was arrested on a total of 14 counts including human trafficking and pimping back in July has reached a plea deal to plead guilty to eight counts of pandering and three counts of pimping, each a Class D felony, in exchange for the dismissal of the human trafficking and solicitation of an aggravated misdemeanor charges.

Johmell Keyshawn Rosemond, 23, entered into the agreement on Sept. 2, according to records posted to Iowa Courts Online, and a plea hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26 at noon. The deal indicates that the state will recommend the following sentence: a period of incarceration not to exceed five years for each of the eight pimping counts and the three pandering counts, with the pimping counts running concurrently to each other and consecutive to all pandering counts and all pandering counts running concurrently to each other and consecutive to all pimping counts; a minimum suspended fine of $1,025 plus a 15 percent criminal surcharge on each count, a $1,000 human trafficking victim surcharge on each count, a DNA test, a sex offender registry requirement plus payment of civil penalties and yearly registration fees and minimum court costs and attorney fees.

The charge of one count of human trafficking, a Class B felony, and two counts of solicitation of an aggravated misdemeanor, both aggravated misdemeanors, will be dismissed at the defendant’s costs. Rosemond is already a registered sex offender in the state of Iowa after being convicted of third degree sexual abuse in Story County in 2020.

According to the original criminal complaint filed against him, Rosemond “intentionally began and continued participating in a venture involving multiple people for the purpose of recruiting,

transporting, supplying provisions for, and/or obtaining people for the purposes of commercial sex acts” between Jan. 7 and Jan. 13, 2025.

“(Rosemond) recruited four people and got three to agree to engage in the act of prostitution on his behalf. Johmell coerced these victims to do this by promising them money and through the use of veiled threats to at least one of the victims,” it reads. “Johmell made contact with eight people with the intent of soliciting each for the purpose of prostitution. Johmell also solicited two of the victims to engage in prostitution with him by agreeing to pay them to complete sexual acts with him.”

On Tuesday afternoon, Marshalltown Police Chief Chris Jones issued a statement on behalf of the department regarding the case.

“Employees of the Marshalltown Police Department have a great working relationship with (the) Marshall County Attorney’s Office. Our agency has complete faith in their efforts to protect crime victims within Marshall County while also holding offenders accountable for their actions,” he said.