Iceberg sentenced to 15 years; no probation

The sentencing hearing for Dylan Iceberg who was found guilty by a jury of two Level 4 felonies on July 17 was held on August 7 in the Ripley County Circuit Court. Both Level 4 felonies included the charge of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor.

The charges Iceberg, 27 of Cross Plains, was found guilty of stem back to events that took place from May 11 through May 12, 2024, which involved sexual acts with the minor victim, a 14-year-old girl and the events taking place while a 13-year-old minor female was present. The minor victim in the case was not present at the sentencing hearing, but the victim and her family were requesting that Iceberg face the maximum sentence.

For each offense the defendant was convicted of, the defendant faced a minimum sentence of two years and a maximum sentence of 12 years with an advisory sentence of 6 years. However, the sentence in this instance is capped at 15 years as a matter of law. I.C. 35-50-1-2 (c) and (d).

After reviewing the statutes and laws of the State of Indiana, Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Shane Tucker, who represented the State, recommended that Iceberg receive eight years on Count I and seven years on Count II and requested that they run consecutively for a combined 15-year sentence with no time suspended to probation. The State described several aggravating factors with no mitigating factors.

Attorney John Dorenbusch, who represented Iceberg, argued for a 10-year sentence, with five years suspended on each count, to run concurrent to one another and with a portion of the sentence to be served on home detention which Dorenbusch stated the pre-sentence investigation found Iceberg was eligible for. Dorenbusch argued that Iceberg having a young child was a mitigating factor.

After hearing from both the State and the Defense, the Court found three aggravating factors. The first aggravating factor was Iceberg’s criminal history which included a juvenile criminal history, adult criminal history and also the fact that Iceberg was on probation at the time of the commission of the offenses.

The second aggravating factor was that Iceberg committed the offenses in the presence of a 13-year-old child and that the 13-year-old child had a panic attack as a result of observing sexual acts that took place between the defendant and the minor victim. It was also noted that the 13-year-old was present while other sexual acts took place but that she may not have wakened due to being extremely intoxicated.

The third and final aggravating factor was that Iceberg either provided alcohol and marijuana to the young girls or, at the very least, took advantage of the young girls being intoxicated.

The court found no mitigating factors and explained that Iceberg has not been involved in his child’s life, has no knowledge of where the child is and that there is not a current child support order in place which is why the child can’t be used as a mitigating factor.

“The aggravating factors substantially, greatly and clearly outweigh mitigating factors,” was Judge Ryan King’s determination before announcing Iceberg’s sentence.

Iceberg was sentenced on Count 1, Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, Level 4 Felony, to eight years in the Indiana Department of Corrections, with no time suspended to probation, and sentenced on Count II, Sexual Misconduct with a Minor, Level 4 Felony to seven years in the Indiana Department of Corrections, with no time suspended to probation.

The sentences will run consecutively, and Iceberg will serve 15 years in prison but will receive good time credit for 441 actual days served as of August 6, 2025.

After reading the 15-year sentence, Judge King concluded “It seems somewhat light, quite frankly, but the law is what the law is.”

In addition to his sentence, Iceberg has been ordered to have no contact with the minor victim and the minor friend in the case and is also ordered to register as a Sex Offender as required by law.