MASON CITY – A Mason City man has pleaded guilty to second offense drug possession charge. Paul Dailey, age 46 of Mason City, pled guilty on June 9th to second offense possession…
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Minnesota man indicted for sexual assault on U.S. Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan
WASHINGTON – A Minnesota man who worked at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, was indicted today in the District of Minnesota on charges of sexual abuse, production of child pornography,…
Prison escapee charged with aggravated identity theft
CEDAR RAPIDS – Ronald Dwaine Carnes, age 69, from Waterloo, Iowa, has been charged with misuse of Social Security numbers, aggravated identity theft and possession of a firearm by a felon and…
Iowa woman convicted of selling synthetic drugs
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman who sold synthetic drugs commonly called “K2” and “bath salts” was convicted by a jury today after a 3-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids. Mary…
Waterloo police investigate report of shots fired
WATERLOO – On Monday, June 23, 2014 around 8:30 PM, Waterloo Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Cherry Street on multiple reports of shots fired. Several subjects were reported fleeing…
Charles City woman cited after accident damages two Malibus
CHARLES CITY – An elderly Charles City woman was cited by police after an auto accident that caused thousands of dollars in damage to two Chevy Malibus. Charles City police responded on…
Four Mason City juveniles charged with stealing from Wal-Mart
MASON CITY – Mason City police responded early Monday to the Wal-Mart Supercenter for a report of a theft and suspicious subjects. Officers arrived at Wal-Mart at about 1:23 AM Monday to…
Nebraska man sent to prison for possession thousands of child porn images
OMAHA – United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced that Michael L. Nguyen, 27, of Lincoln, Nebraska, was sentenced on June 20, in Lincoln, Nebraska, to five years in prison by United…
Nebraska man sentenced to 8 years for killing toddler
OMAHA – United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Bataillon sentenced Mark Anthony Grant, age 22, of Winnebago, Nebraska to eight years of imprisonment for his conviction for child abuse resulting in…
Wanted Mason City woman arrested
MASON CITY – Police picked up a Mason City woman Sunday who was wanted on a warrant. Officers responded for a verbal domestic situation at the 100 block of 15th Street NW…
Waterloo “molly” dealer sent to federal prison
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo man who imported MDMA (also known as “ecstasy” or “Molly”) he ordered through the internet was sentenced yesterday to more than 12 years in federal prison. Adam…
Child molester sent back to Mexico
SAN DIEGO — A Mexican national captured in Chula Vista, who is charged in his native country with child rape and aggravated child sexual abuse, was turned over to Mexican law enforcement…
Kentucky man found guilty of possessing thousands of child porn videos
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal jury has found a Lexington man guilty of receiving and possessing thousands of child pornography images. The guilty verdict resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration…
Wanted Mason City woman arrested at her home
MASON CITY – A warrant was issued for a Mason City woman’s arrest Wednesday, and police quickly went to her home and took her to jail. Casondra Kay Carolina Wilmarth, age 21,…
Ukraine-based hardcore child pornography website founder sentenced
NEWARK, N.J. — A Ukrainian man who founded and ran an international, hardcore child sexual abuse website was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for running a child exploitation enterprise…
Homeland Security identifies 552 victims of child sexual abuse so far in 2014
WASHINGTON — More than 550 victims of child sexual abuse and exploitation have been identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents in the first eight…
Minnesota man convicted of 18 counts related to international arms smuggling
MINNEAPOLIS — A suburban Minneapolis man was convicted in federal court Monday on numerous counts for smuggling guns to Nigeria and lying on required federal firearms purchase records. This conviction is the…
Iowa man with child porn going to prison
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who possessed child pornography was sentenced today to over twelve years in federal prison. Robert Baumhover, age 48, of Dubuque, Iowa, received the sentence after a…
Khatallah charged with federal offenses in 2012 attack on U.S. compound in Benghazi
WASHINGTON – Ahmed Abu Khatallah, aka Ahmed Mukatalah, a Libyan national approximately 43 years of age, has been charged for his alleged participation in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S….
ICE arrests 297 criminals, immigration fugitives in Midwest during month-long operation
CHICAGO — Nearly 300 criminal aliens, fugitives and other immigration violators were arrested in six Midwestern states during a month-long operation conducted by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement…
Former Ku Klux Klan officer pleads guilty to committing perjury during investigation into cross-burning
MOBILE, AL – Pamela Morris, former secretary of a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) in Ozark, Alabama, pleaded guilty today to committing perjury during a grand jury’s investigation into a…
Trial set for Spencer man accused of felony sexual abuse
SPENCER – A trial date has been set for a Spencer man who was arrested in May for an alleged sex crime against an underage female. Challer Douglas Wadsley, age 19, was…
Jury acquits MC man accused of felony domestic
MASON CITY – Not guilty, a North Iowa jury concluded last week in a felony domestic assault case brought against a Mason City man. Kevin M. Carolus, age 49, was acquitted by…
MC man cited after two-car accident in CC
CHARLES CITY – A Mason City man was cited with a traffic ticket after allegedly causing a two-car accident in Charles City on June 13th. According to Charles City police, on Friday,…
Iowa teen arrested for felony sexual abuse
HAWKEYE, IA – An Iowa teen has ben arrested and charged with sexual assault. On June 9th, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office completed an investigation of a sexual abuse. As a result…
Clear Lake man arrested for drunk driving
CLEAR LAKE – A Clear Lake man was arrested early Sunday morning for drunk driving. Mark David Gallaher, age 54, was arrested by Clear Lake police and booked into the Cerro Gordo…
Iowa man caught driving drunk with meth, assaults officer
ATLANTIC, IA – An Iowa man was caught for a third time with methamphetamine after eluding a police officer while driving drunk. As the result of a pursuit in southern Cass County…
MC man pleads guilty to second offense drunk driving
MASON CITY – A Mason City man is in jail, serving his sentence on a second drunk driving offense. Mauro Hernandez, age 38, pled guilty on June 3rd to second offense operating…
Waterloo police respond to suicide threat
WATERLOO – On Tuesday, June 10, 2014, Waterloo Police were dispatched to 720 Janney Avenue shortly before 3 pm on a report a man called Black Hawk County Consolidated Dispatch threatening suicide….
Rockford man’s theft trial set for July 15
BENTON COUNTY, IOWA – A Rockford man’s theft trial has been set for July 15th. Benton county sheriffs arrested Emanuel Curtis Receveur III – AKA “Skunk” – on April 22 on a…
Justice department battles cyber criminals who are infecting victim computers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department last week announced a multi-national effort to disrupt the GameOver Zeus botnet—a global network of infected victim computers used by cyber criminals to steal millions of…
Mexican man sentenced for dealing methamphetamine in Eastern Nebraska
OMAHA – A Mexican national who was caught dealing meth in Eastern Nebraska will spend 5 years in a US prison before he is deported. United States Attorney Deborah R. Gilg announced…
Iowa man arrested for stealing tractor
WADENA, IA – An Iowa man was arrested for stealing a tractor. On may 29th at about 6:30 PM, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a tractor that had…
Former Iowa doctor gets 5 years for wrongly prescribing drugs
DES MOINES, IA – On Thursday, May 29, 2014, Dr. Lafayette James Twyner, age 65, of Newton, Iowa, was sentenced to 5 years in prison by U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie M….
Autopsy completed in Webster City death
DES MOINES – A preliminary autopsy report on Steven Graesch from the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner indicates the cause and manner of death as homicide due to blunt force…
Buchanan county, Iowa arrests
PRESS RELEASE On Thursday, June 05, 2014, Buchanan County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Jeffrey Allen Keppler, 45, of Aurora. Keppler was arrested and charged with first offense Operating While Intoxicated (serious misdemeanor). This…
Feds seek child porn website administrator
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seeks the public’s help to identify a suspected child pornography distributer who helped facilitate one of the largest…
Iowa man charged with bank robbery
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jacob Allen Mack, 24, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been charged with one count of bank robbery. The Indictment alleges that, on or about May 2, 2014, Mack robbed…
St. Paul man pleads guilty to bank robbery
MINNEAPOLIS – Last week in federal court, a 47-year-old St. Paul man pleaded guilty to robbing two banks. Maurice Dixon specifically pleaded guilty to two counts of bank robbery. Dixon, who was…
Iowa man runs from cops, caught with meth and then assaults officer
CASS COUNTY – As the result of a pursuit in southern Cass County on June 4, 2014, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office arrested Trel Curtis Peterson, 28, of Cumberland, IA, on charges…