Mexican woman charged with identity theft at Cedar Rapids airport
Veronica Patricia Martinez-Rodriguez, 19, of Mexico City, is accused in Cedar Rapids federal court of using another person’s identity at The Eastern Iowa Airport. The complaint says she flew under a false identity with an Arizona driver’s license and credit cards and told staff she bought the ticket with a found card. Potential penalties include up to five years’ imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
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Veronica Patricia Martinez-Rodriguez
Mexico City
Iowa
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Martinez-Rodriguez
Arizona
Cedar Rapids man sentenced for meth manufacturing in three incidents
Kevin DeMoss, 32, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison and a 400 dollar fine after pleading guilty to making methamphetamine in three separate incidents. He admitted to activities on February 19 2002 near his home, July 20 2002 when stopped by police after preparing to cook meth, and August 21 2002 in a van at a restaurant on Blairs Ferry Road.
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C.R. Man
Kevin DeMoss
Cedar Rapids
DeMoss
U.S. District Court
Blairs Ferry Road
Valania Leads Unnamed Iowa Mock Contest For Worst Opening
Five months from the Iowa caucuses a clear leader emerges in a self stated contest to produce the most inaccurate cliché laced portrait of Iowa. Jonathan Valania of the Philadelphia Weekly tops the field with a Howard Dean campaign lead in a Des Moines dateline.
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Iowa
Jonathan Valania
Valania
Philadelphia Weekly
Sioux City
Howard Dean
Des Moines
Illegal street racing draws cars and crowds
Local Cedar Rapids Saturday night street racing drew 50 to 200 spectators along a desert road lined with cornfields. Two Ford Probes raced at about 85 mph with one stock engine winning after a 15 to 16 second quarter mile, while spectators noted high-stakes engines and youth participation.
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Nicole Schupper
The
Gazette Edar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Japan
Shawn Kimball
the Gazette
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