Public safety notes from Linn County Gazette data
The Log compiles information from public safety agencies in Linn County. Charges listed are subject to review by the Linn County Attorney's Office.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1990
Page
14
The Log compiles information from public safety agencies in Linn County. Charges listed are subject to review by the Linn County Attorney's Office.
A 29-year-old man on the southeast side was robbed at knifepoint by a male juvenile near First Avenue and 12th Street SE around 10 p.m. Saturday. The suspect, a white male about 5 feet 3 inches, had long blond hair and wore a jean jacket with a black and gold peace symbol on the left shoulder and took $12.
Dana Serovy, 36, of 357 38th St. Dr. SE, was arrested at 12:02 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of 37th Street NE for a second offense. Daniel McGovern, 21, of 6629 Preston Terr. SW, was arrested at 1:01 a.m. Friday at Miller Avenue and Kirkwood Boulevard SW for a second offense.
A sequence of medical emergencies occurs across several addresses including Bever Avenue SE Second Avenue SE Fourth Avenue SE Tenth Street SW Edgewood Road SW Simpson Street SW Eighth Avenue SW Mount Vernon Road SE and Blairs Ferry Road NE along with a diesel spill and a food burning incident. No injuries or outcomes provided.
A sequence of dispatch notes records numerous medical emergencies at locations including Mount Vernon Road SE 909 28th St SE and 3500 block of First Avenue SE. Also listed are alarms, overheated engines and furnaces, gas leaks, and a few unclear entries throughout Saturday and Sunday.
Emergency crews responded to medical emergencies at multiple locations including 501 Walford Rd south of Cedar Rapids and 2707 Long Sparrow Lane Tower Terrace north of Hiawatha. Additional incidents include a car crash at 1101 30th St Dr SE and a chimney fire near Center Point.
Patrick W. Jacobsen and Bruce E. Phillips Jr. pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery and burglary for October 1989 Cedar Rapids incidents and received two concurrent terms up to 10 years. Scott S. Shaw, Timothy J. Wiley, and others faced prison terms or probation on forgery, extortion, theft, and drunken driving charges with various credits.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors holds a 9 a.m. work session in the Administrative Office Building conference room while the College Community school board meets at 7 p.m. in the Prairie High School library.
Dr Clyde Tombaugh the discoverer of Pluto will present Discovery of the Planet Pluto at 730 PM Wednesday in Lantz Auditorium McCollum Science Hall University of Northern Iowa The free talk covers the discovery process equipment and slides Tombaugh 84 years old will recount his work at Lowell Observatory Flagstaff Arizona as an amateur without formal training.
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