Former Eagle Grove Police officer facing another charge

The Wright County Attorneys Office announced Thursday an additional charge  was filed on a former Eagle Grove Police officer. 27-year-old Colt Allen Richardson was charged on January 13th with Dissemination and Exhibition of Obscene Material to a Minor, a serious misdemeanor. The Wright County Sheriff’s Office executed an arrest warrant on Richardson  as the result of an investigation  of alleged  criminal violations while on duty as a police officer and off duty. Upon a review of investigatory materials, Richardson was charged Thursday with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, a Class D felony. Richardson has since been dismissed from the Eagle Grove Police Department. The investgation was led by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Eagle Grove Police, the Wright County Sheriff’s Office and  the Wright County Attorney’s Office. Richardson has an arraignment hearing on Friday,February 14 at 9:00 a.m. in Wright County District Court in Clarion.