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SIOUX CITY – A young man from Texas who cultivated a sexual relationship with an Iowa child will spend a long time behind bars pondering his actions.
DES MOINES – Richard Wilson (pictured at top), convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree and Theft 1st Degree in Polk and Story Counties, failed to report back to the Fort Des Moines Correctional Facility as required on Saturday.
SIOUX CITY – An Estherville woman who partakes of the green and likes to make rap music entered a guilty plea to a federal firearm charge and now has been sent to prison.
CORALVILLE – An Iowa prison inmate serving a very long sentence died at a young age while incarcerated.
FORT DODGE – Darren Scott Lehrkamp, convicted of Intimidation with a Dangerous Weapon in Greene County, failed to report back to the Fort Dodge Residential Center as required yesterday.
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA – Law enforcement in this Northern Iowa county announced numerous recent arrests.
DES MOINES – A Mississippi man has been charged with third-degree criminal mischief in violation of individual rights after he allegedly destroyed an alter to Baphomet that was peacefully displayed inside the Iowa Capitol building.
KEOKUK COUNTY, IOWA – An investigation into the circumstances surrounding a missing Iowa man ended in tragedy after his remains appear to have been found in a rural location, leading to the arrest of a suspect on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse.
ESTHERVILLE – Police in this small Northern Iowa community faced three violent emergencies Thursday that resulted in a male suspect in each case finding themselves behind bars.
Used union funds to pay for vehicle loan payments, department store purchases, and other personal expenses.
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who stabbed his brother 10 times was sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison.
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who distributed methamphetamine from his garage in Lowden, Iowa, was sentenced on January 31, 2024, to 121 months in federal prison.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A convicted Waterloo felon and drug user who was caught after firing his gun outside a bar will have a long stay in a federal prison.
RURAL FORT DODGE – Two women are dead of gunshot wounds, and a male suspect is dead from a self-inflicted bullet at a crime scene just north of Fort Dodge.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former IRS contractor was sentenced today to five years in prison for disclosing thousands of tax returns without authorization, including Donald Trump’s.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mexican alien used a fake Social Security card in order to work illegally at three Iowa businesses (why aren’t the business owners charged?) and now must reside in prison.
DES MOINES – Iowa authorities fear a suspect who they say sexually abused a child for years has absconded and are pleading for assistance from the public.
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CENTERVILLE, IOWA – An Iowa man is behind bars after emergency responders discovered an injured young girl the man was tasked with caring for.
SIDNEY, IOWA – An Iowa student is locked up after allegedly making a threat to other students about using a gun and a bomb to harm others.
Pringle and others distributed more than six kilograms of methamphetamine in the Fort Dodge/Humboldt, Iowa, areas. In September and October 2019, Pringle was the source of methamphetamine for an individual selling methamphetamine to an undercover officer.
SIOUX CITY – An Iowa nurse who stole fentanyl, morphine, hydromorphone, and hydrocodone was sentenced today to 9 months in federal prison.
IOWA CITY – As a result of an investigation into a shots fired incident on Dec. 25, 2023, Iowa City Police have made multiple arrests.
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man who sexually exploited a 4-year-old girl was sentenced January 25, 2024, to 30 years in federal prison.
SIOUX CITY – A Nebraska man who planned to distribute methamphetamine, pled guilty January 24, 2024, in federal court in Sioux City.
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Navarro refused to either produce documents or appear for his deposition in Congress.
30,000 pills with a $500,000 street value seized as Iowa man traveled here from Arizona
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police in Cedar Rapids are investigating what appears to be a homicide with one dead in a shooting. On Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at 8:59 p.m., the Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa bank was robbed earlier this month by a suspect in a Hawkeye cap and now cops have nabbed him hundreds of miles south.
IOWA CITY – He waved his gun at folks, then stuffed it in a fanny pack and tossed it as cops closed in. Now, he spends a decade in the slammer.
WATERLOO – A man was found laying in a Waterloo yard, shot multiple times, and after police nabbed two suspects earlier, they announced the arrest of another man in connection to the crime.
DUBUQUE – An Iowa woman was found dead, and police say her son is the main suspect in the killing.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant on the former nurse’s cell phone and recovered six videos and 20 images of child porn, depicting prepubescent minors or minors who had not attained 12 years of age. The materials also portrayed sadistic and masochistic conduct.
IOWA CITY – An Iowa woman became so irate, according to police, that she phoned up a hospital and dropped threats, causing the facility and nearby schools to lockdown for safety and leading cops to her door to arrest her for terrorism.
MINNEAPOLIS – Police in Minnesota’s largest city say a suspect went on a violent crime spree of carjacking, stealing, mugging and shooting folks, and now they want to bring him to justice before more are victimized. Anyone traveling to Minneapolis from North Iowa should consider keeping a close eye on their surroundings.
WATERLOO – A young man was found shot dead in his Waterloo house, and police are seeking clues behind the killing.
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