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Split decision in Eilander trial
Lynnville :: IN :: USA | 5 days ago
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Gary Lee Eilander, 43, of Lynnville was found guilty of the crime of second-degree burglary Friday at the end of a three-day jury trial in Jasper County District Court. He also was found not guilty of the crime of third-degree sexual abuse. The jury
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Inmate charged in attack on Newton prison guard
Newton :: IA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Following a joint investigation with the Iowa Department of Corrections with regard to last Tuesday's Newton Correctional Facility attack, the Jasper County Sheriff's Office charged inmate Martavis Wise, 22, with assault on a corrections officer.
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Officer injuried at Newton Correctional Facility
Newton :: IA :: USA | 1 month ago
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Iowa Council 61 President Danny Homan released a statement deriding funding for and staffing at the prison. (On April 2), a correctional officer was repeatedly punched in the face by an inmate at the Newton Correctional Facility. The officer was
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Paroled killer from Iowa will live in Olathe
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 2 months ago
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March 14 The Kansas City Star A man convicted in the 1992 murder of a woman in Iowa was paroled this week and will live with relatives in Olathe. More News Brian Lee Davis served 17 years of a 50-year sentence after pleading guilty to second-degree
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Woman tries to stop man's release from Iowa prison
Le Mars :: IA :: USA | 3 months ago
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A woman fighting the early release of her sister's killer from an Iowa prison said she thinks the man is being wrongly categorized as a low-risk prisoner, and she has asked the governor to intervene. Beth Williams has written to Gov. Terry Branstad
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Iowa officials warned of inmate before release
Flagstaff :: AZ :: USA | 5 months ago
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The Associated Press The Associated Press 2 hours ago Associated Press Documents show Iowa prison officials had confiscated a notebook with drawings depicting rape made by an inmate charged with fatally stabbing his mother and kidnapping a female
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Iowa woman died of stab wounds; son charged
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 5 months ago
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The death of a woman found fatally stabbed in a rural Iowa farmhouse near Early has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Monday. Marilyn Schmitt, 45, was found dead Thursday in an upstairs bedroom of her home, about 100 miles northwest of Des
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Jerry Proctor, Johnston woman's killer, hangs himself in prison
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 9 months ago
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A man who raped and killed a Johnston woman in 1994 has killed himself in prison, authorities said. Jerry Lee Proctor, 42, hung himself Friday at Anamosa State Penitentiary, the Iowa Department of Corrections said. An autopsy was being conducted to
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Iowa prison chief seeks budget hike, AFSCME leader says it's not enough
Des Moines :: IA :: USA | 9 months ago
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State officials have proposed a budget to hire more workers for Iowa's prisons and community corrections programs, but a union leader says it still leaves dangerous offenders without enough supervision. Iowa Corrections Director John Baldwin
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Missing Iowa Cousins Were Abducted, Police Say
Evansdale :: IA :: USA | 10 months ago
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Iowa Law enforcement officials in Iowa reclassified the disappearance of two missing cousins as an abduction Friday after an FBI dive team failed to find their bodies in an Iowa lake. Ten-year-old Lyric Cook-Morrissey and 8-year-old Elizabeth
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