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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: UI student accused of taking roommate’s credit card, shopping at Victoria Secret 11 hours, 32 minutes ago · View
A 19-year-old University of Iowa student was arrested Thursday on suspicion of taking her roommate’s credit card and using it without permission at a handful of stores, including Victoria Secret, Rue 21 and Francesca’s Collection. The victim, who also is a UI student, contacted UI police around May 10 to report her credit card had [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: UI hosts statewide ‘mass destruction’ drill 2 days, 8 hours ago · View
Tucked inside Coca-Cola-shaped trashcans that ring Carver Hawkeye Arena, authorities on Wednesday found devices wired to disseminate toxic gas into the facility capable of holding more than 7,500 people. Fortunately, the mock devices were planted as part of a statewide emergency preparedness exercise spearheaded by the State of Iowa Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Team. [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: DCI: Counselor dropped Sweet off at Cedar Rapids apartments 3 days, 3 hours ago · View
When Isaiah Sweet was picked up early Sunday at a convenience store in Iowa City, the Manchester teenager told officers they wouldn’t be able to reach his grandparents – his legal guardians. Sweet, 17, who now faces two counts of first-degree murder in connection with his grandparents’ death over the weekend in Manchester, was picked [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: UI students accused of holding down and groping woman in residence hall 4 days, 10 hours ago · View
Two University of Iowa students were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of assaulting a woman in a residence hall and holding her down so they could touch her breasts. Hayes Obinna Obinna-Uzoh, 19, is accused of asking the victim to strip in a room in Currier Hall about 9:30 p.m. April 18 while another [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Aplington man convicted of burglary, assault in Kalona, could face 30 year prison term 4 days, 10 hours ago · View
A 23-year-old Aplington man arrested in September after police said he entered the bedroom of a Kalona woman in September with a rifle, camera and a roll of tape has been convicted of first-degree burglary and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. Dallas J. Miller is scheduled to be sentenced on the charges June [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Not guilty verdict in mandatory reporting trial could have broad impact 1 week ago · View
Friday’s not guilty verdict in Iowa’s landmark case involving a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report child abuse could have broad and lasting impacts on law enforcement, the state’s Department of Human Services and its thousands of mandatory reporters. “There were lots of people in the audience today and around the state who were [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City man accused of using gift certificate stolen from charity drive 1 week ago · View
A 36-year-old Iowa City man has been arrested on suspicion of fifth-degree theft after police said he was caught with a female friend trying to use a stolen gift certificate from Active Endeavors that had been donated for a charity drive. Active Endeavors personnel told investigators that they donated a stack of gift certificates for [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Not guilty verdict in Iowa City mandatory reporter trial 1 week ago · View
UPDATE 2:48 P.M.: After deliberating for just two hours Friday, a six-member jury found Susan Freeman-Murdah not guilty in the state’s first trial of a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report child abuse or neglect. The verdict was a sealed verdict, meaning the jury handed the signed forms to the judge, who then contacted the attorneys [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Judge considering motion to dismiss in mandatory reporter trial 1 week, 1 day ago · View
The judge hearing the case of an Iowa City mandatory reporter accused of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse is considering a motion filed Thursday afternoon asking him to acquit the defendant in the state’s first trial of its kind. Defense attorney Leon Spies argued after the jury was dismissed Thursday that the Johnson [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Judge considering motion to acquit in Iowa City mandatory reporter trial 1 week, 1 day ago · View
UPDATE 3:11 p.m.: Johnson County Judge Stephen Gerard is considering a motion that Susan Freeman-Murdah’s defense attorney filed Thursday afternoon asking the court to drop the charge of failure to report and acquit his client in the state’s first trial of its kind. Defense attorney Leon Spies argued after the jury was dismissed Thursday that the [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City man accused of assaulting cab driver, jumping on his hood as he tries to leave 1 week, 1 day ago · View
A 23-year-old Iowa City man has been arrested on accusations he assaulted a cab driver during an argument over the cab fare, kicked the car and jumped on the vehicle, attempting to break its windshield wiper. Christopher John Ajluni faces charges of criminal mischief and assault causing bodily injury after police said he got into [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Police Citizens Review Board will request a name change, residents want structural change 1 week, 2 days ago · View
Members of Iowa City’s Police Citizens Review Board said they will make a recommendation to the City Council to change the group’s name to make its powers and purpose more clear. Four of the five members who comprise the board based on City Council appointments to four-year terms agreed Wednesday during its annual community forum [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City police continue to investigate alleged sex assault at center of mandatory reporter trial 1 week, 2 days ago · View
The Iowa City Police Department is still investigating the allegations of sexual abuse on a 3-year-old girl that are at the center of the state’s first trial of a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report. But, investigator Kevin Bailey testified Wednesday, the teacher at the Iowa City-based Broadway Neighborhood Center who the toddler named [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Kalona man convicted of lying on his tax returns to the tune of millions 1 week, 2 days ago · View
A 62-year-old Kalona man has been convicted on four counts of making false claims to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service based on tax returns he filed in 2008 and 2009. James Lavon Miller waived his right to a trial before a jury and was tried before U.S. District Judge John. A. Jarvey. He was convicted [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City police: Perry woman accused of faking brain tumor to get narcotics 1 week, 2 days ago · View
A 32-year-old woman from Perry has been arrested on suspicion of six counts of identity theft after police said they discovered evidence that she provided fictitious medical diagnosis letters to various healthcare providers between October and November 2010 in an attempt to get narcotics. Iowa City police arrested Amanda Lucille Malek on suspicion of presenting [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City police continue to investigate sex assault allegation at the center of mandatory reporter trial 1 week, 2 days ago · View
UPDATE 3:41 p.m.: The Iowa City Police Department is still investigating the allegations of sexual abuse on the 3-year-old girl that are at the center of the state’s first trial of a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report. But, Iowa City police investigator Kevin Bailey testified Wednesday during the trial, the department doesn’t suspect the [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Defense attorney: ‘Sue Freeman is a dedicated professional’ and wouldn’t shirk her duties 1 week, 3 days ago · View
Susan Freeman-Murdah, the Iowa City mandatory reporter accused of failing to report a case of suspected child abuse to the state, did not shirk her duties, her defense attorney told jurors Tuesday during opening statements of her trial. She did not make a report to the Iowa Department of Human Services because she did not [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City homeless man accused of taking animal shelter donation jar 1 week, 3 days ago · View
A 51-year-old homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of taking an animal shelter donation jar off the counter at a local gas station. Carl Louis Johnson faces a charge of third-degree theft after police saw him on a video surveillance camera inside Gasby’s, 1310 S. Gilbert St. in Iowa City, taking the donation jar [...]
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Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Defense attorney: Iowa City mandatory reporter did not shirk her duties 1 week, 3 days ago · View
UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: Susan Freeman-Murdah, the director of Iowa City’s Broadway Neighborhood Center accused of being a mandatory reporter and failing to report suspected child abuse to the state, did not shirk her duties, her defense attorney told jurors during opening statements of her trial on Tuesday. She didn’t make a report to the Iowa Department of [...] -
Vanessa Miller/SourceMedia Group News wrote a new blog post: Iowa City apartment fire displaces residents 1 week, 3 days ago · View
The residents of two Iowa City apartment units are displaced this morning after a fire engulfed the second-story apartments Monday night. The Iowa City Fire Department was called to a working structure fire at 1001 Oakcrest St. about 8:40 p.m. Monday. The first units on scene found a second-story apartment fully involved, with fire threatening [...]
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