Charly Haley

chaley@dmreg.com

An Ankeny mom is accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl and providing drugs and alcohol to several other teenagers at parties at her home this summer.

Darcy Ann Duncan, 48, faces 23 criminal charges: one count of third-degree sexual abuse, 11 counts of distributing drugs to people younger than 18, eight counts of supplying alcohol to people younger than 18, one count of neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, one count of possession of a controlled substance-first offense, and one count of gathering where marijuana is used. She was also cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.

She was arrested Thursday and is at the Polk County Jail on a $1.4 million bail, according to jail records.

Criminal complaints filed in court against Duncan allege she held multiple parties with the teenagers at her home between June 1 and Aug. 24. Several teens told police Duncan would give or sell marijuana and alcohol to them at these parties.

A 14-year-old girl reported that Duncan had instructed two other children to hold the girl down, against her will, on Duncan's bed, while Duncan performed a sex act on the girl by using a vibrator to touch the girl over the leggings she was wearing, according to a criminal complaint. The girl was eventually able to escape and go to another room in the house.

One of the children instructed to hold down the girl told police the same story that the victim did, the criminal complaint shows. Duncan admitted to investigators that she had owned the described vibrator at one time but said she threw it away, according to the complaint.

One 14-year-old told investigators that Duncan provided her with Bacardi rum and Coke for $15 and marijuana to smoke out of a glass bong for $11.

Another 14-year-old told investigators she also smoked marijuana out of a glass bong, provided by Duncan at Duncan's house. This girl became sick and went to a hospital, where she tested positive for THC, a chemical found in marijuana, according to a criminal complaint.

It's unclear how many teenagers were involved, but criminal complaints show at least 12 different victims, who are identified in the documents by their initials, not their names, because they are minors.

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Some of these children went to either Centennial High School or Southview Middle School in Ankeny, according to the complaints.

Duncan admitted to investigators that the drugs and drug paraphernalia were hers, but she denied offering them to children, according to criminal complaints. With a search warrant, officers found marijuana and drug paraphernalia at Duncan's home.

Duncan has been ordered by court to not have contact with anyone under age 18 while her case is pending.

This is not the first time Duncan has been arrested regarding her behavior at parties with teenagers, according to court records.

In October 2015, she was charged with harassment and assault after she "invited herself to a juvenile party," where she pushed a girl, yelled at her and threatened to break the girl's jaw after she made a comment about Duncan's weight, according to a criminal complaint.

Duncan was sentenced to one year in jail in that case, with jail time suspended as she was on probation with conditions.

Her new charges filed this month show she violated the conditions of her probation, according to court documents.

Duncan's next court hearing is scheduled for Sept. 26.