Iowa auditor urges local controls after fraud probes
Iowa State Auditor David Vaudt says his office has run more than 90 special investigations in six years, uncovering at least 6.8 million dollars in waste. He cites small towns as most vulnerable and urges stronger internal controls to prevent misappropriation by a single official.
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Des Moines
Iowa
David Vaudt
Vaudt
State Auditor's Office
Jamaica
Central
Trial moved in fatal Newton stabbing case
Justin Robuck of Newton faces first degree murder charges in the October death of Jerry Pittman II after a judge ordered his trial relocated to Dallas County due to pretrial publicity. Pittman was stabbed about 30 times as he allegedly tried to pass grass clippings off as marijuana.
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Newton
Dallas County
Justin Robuck
Jerry Pittman II
Pittman
Jasper County
Robuck
Tyler Oberhart
Robert Travis
Fired Creston police chief to appeal firing
Former Creston Police Chief James Christensen set for a city council hearing on his appeal after firing. He and ex Assistant Chief John Sickels face second degree sexual abuse charges with a Union County trial set for November. Sickels allegedly raped a woman behind the Crestmoor Golf Club bar on April 18 while Christensen watched.
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AMES
Michael Louis
Louis
Mike Louis
Creston (Ap
Creston
James Christensen
Christensen
John Sickels
Union County
Sickels
Crestmoor Golf Club
Creston Civil Service Commission
The Log Crime Reports From Corridor Areas
Eastern Iowa safety notices compiled by The Gazette reveal crime patterns across Corridor neighborhoods. Data Central at GazetteOnline com provides mapped reports from public safety agencies and county attorney offices for local public awareness.
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The
Gazette
Iowa
GazetteOnline.com
Multiple ICU arrests for operating while intoxicated reported
A series of arrests for operating while intoxicated were logged across Iowa City North Liberty and surrounding areas from April 27 to November 2007. The file lists names ages and addresses including Hammatt Whetstone Hammons Jones Berger Becker Sanchez Meskimen Harris Palmer Medina-Cuevas and Hecketholm with details of locations times and charge related to the incidents and a separate note on pseudoephedrine purchases totaling 7 500 milligrams within 30 days across four months.
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Luther C. Hammatt
Taylor Dr
Iowa City
Broadway Street
Highway 6
Jeffrey L. Whetstone
500Th St
Sara Court
North Liberty
Megan J. Hammons
Holiday Road
Coralville
West Overlook Road
Johnson County
Eric A. Jones
S. First Ave
Interstate 380
Eric A. Berger
Cottonwood Road
North Front Street
Chelsey A. Becker
Parkway
Apt. 1
Cedar Rapids
Melrose Court
Brookland Park Drive
University Heights
Mervin P. Hecketholm
Fairfield
Parkersburg collects items lost in storm
After the May 25 EF5 tornado devastated Parkersburg eight people died and a third of the town was destroyed. The city’s lost and found at City Hall grows daily with heirlooms and mementos including wedding albums and a Bible. A quilt project by Doreen Thorne yielded keepsakes found far away in Denver Iowa and Westgate Sumner area.
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Iowa
Searsboro
Center Point
Mount Vernon Fire Department
Parkersburg
Chris Luhring
City Hall
Denver
Thorne
Michael McClain
John McClain
Westgate
Sumner
Inn
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Fredrick T. Harris
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Bret K. Palmer
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