Iowa Drugs Crack Down But Meth Crisis Persists
Iowa officials report meth lab seizures declined in 2000 from 1999 with about 600 labs expected this year. Purity has fallen from 95 percent in the early 1990s to about 25 percent in 2000, while deliveries and possession cases rose. Governor Vilsack backs a $3.7 million anti meth package adding more agents and lab techs.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bruce Upchurch
Ken Carter
State Division of Narcotics Enforcement
Carter
Iowa Drug Policy Advisory Council
Tom Vilsack
Woman charged after setting public computer to racist site
Patricia Hall an 18 year old from Wever was charged with a simple misdemeanor after she altered the Rashid Memorial Library public computer home page to display a white power site. Police said no user could access the page and staff caught it immediately. The offense comes under new computer access laws taking effect July 1 with a potential fine and 30 days in jail.
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Fort Madison
Wever
Patricia Hall
Hall
Linn Court News Reports Burglary Defendants Convicted
Cedar Rapids trio Tim Brown Deion Madison and James Fuller were found guilty by jury of first degree burglary for breaking into a southeast Cedar Rapids apartment on March 27 and attacking residents with bats and pool cues. They received up to 25 years each with various fines and concurrent sentences, all appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. A separate case notes Thomas Perry of Chicago pleaded guilty to a terrorism-related lesser charge in a 1996 incident after a prior attempted murder conviction was overturned.
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Tim M. Brown
Deion Madison
James Fuller
Cedar Rapids
Quincy Tobin
Arnold Tiegen
Tommie Butler
Madison
Tobin
Butler
Fuller
Iowa Supreme Court
15Th Street
Perry
Linn
Iowa nursing homes fined for resident safety lapses
The Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals fined CLC Carroll Manor 2000 dollars after a resident wandered from the facility in 25 degree weather with wind chill to 8 below and returned with a low body temperature. Fellowship Village in Inwood received 2500 dollars for inadequate nursing care leading to serious pressure sores and weight loss.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Department of Inspections and Appeals
CLC
Carroll Manor
Fellowship Village
Inwood
Carroll
Christopher Ishikawa
LTC Partners
Oxnard
Calif
Ishikawa
Priscilla Dingler
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David Andrusyk
Linn Court News
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Thomas L. Perry
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Sundown Mountain
Meadow Ridge
Margaret Stickley
Breca Ridge Drive
Anamosa
Top OF the Hill
Wal-Mart
Poinsettias
Johnson Ave
Edgewood Rd
Prairie Creek Nursery
Bowling Street
Siebke Hoyt
Charriol
Pe Cae
Cedar Memorial
Lane C Ave
Chapel OF Memories
Washington High School
Gretchen Bramwell
Washington High School Madrigal Singers
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Funeral Home
W.cedarmemorial.com
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