Robbery suspect faces trial after Hills Bank heist
In North Liberty on July 16 2009 James F Miller 27 of North Liberty is charged with first degree robbery. Bundles of cash and a loaded BB gun were found on Miller after the Hills Bank robbery and witnesses including a branch manager testified Miller demanded money and threatened to shoot. Officers testified Miller fled and was tackled after a chase. Miller previously parole violated related to a 1998 homicide case.
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Te Gazette
Iowa City
James F. Miller
North Liberty
Miller
Hills Bank
Highway 965
Johnson County
Melisa Henley
Mid- WestOne Bank
North Liberty Police
Jess Bernhard
Lee Bowstead
Bernhard
Bowstead
Margaret Stackhouse
Stackhouse
Frank Boyd
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Anne Lahey
Man charged in I C football ad scam
An Illinois man Tony Phiathep 33 of Silvis was arrested in Iowa City and charged with three counts of second degree theft. He allegedly ran a marketing scam posing as Blitz Marketing claiming to place T shirt ads and audio commercials for Iowa City West High and City High football games.
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JMG
Wazoo
Iowa City
Illinois
Tony Phiathep
Silvis, Ill
Johnson County
Iowa
City Nign
Blitz Marketing
West High
City High
Phiathep
John Logan
Russ’ Northside Service
N. Gilbert St
Logan
the Gazette
Blitz
Cedar
Cash stolen from Cedar Rapids Transit offices
More than 3 000 dollars in cash was stolen from the Cedar Rapids Transit offices in a weekend burglary. The break in occurred at a modular building in the city parking lot at Second Street and 12th Avenue SE. Investigators searched for fingerprints and footprints. no arrests or suspects yet. The burglary likely occurred between 6 30 p m Friday and 7 20 p m Saturday. Call (319) 286 5491 with tips.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Street
12Th Avenue SE
Cristy Hamblin
Firefighter fired after theft at Cedar Rapids station
Cedar Rapids firefighter Christopher K. Slaughter, 34, was fired after a sting and surveillance video showed him taking money from a District 3 station locker. He faces charges of burglary and theft and plans to appeal at a Civil Service Commission meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Christopher K. Slaughter
North Liberty
Civil Service Commission
Slaughter
Fire
Stephen Reid
Firefighters Union
District 3
B Ave
Linn County Attorney’s Office
Reid
Fire Department
District 5
Wilson Avenue
Nadia Net
Cedar Rapids teens charged in Garfield Elementary robbery
Three Cedar Rapids teenagers face seven counts each of first degree burglary after a Dec 17 armed robbery in Garfield Elementary School parking lot. Victims report three masked men, one firing into a car window, taking wallets cash and an iPod at about 11 p.m. Police linked the three suspects to the crime via cell phone data and statements. All appeared in court for initial appearances.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Nico L. Tillman
Nicholas D. Manyfield
Joseph A. Abourand
Garfield Elementary School
Maplewood Dr
Tillman
Mansfield
Abourand
Tillmon
Abouraad
Man stabbed at door on Ninth Avenue incident
Police responded to 1025 Ninth Ave SE where 48 year old Tom McElroy said a masked man knocked and stabbed him in the side as he opened the door. He was treated at Mercy Medical Center for non life threatening injuries. The suspect, described as a Black male in a hooded sweatshirt and gray sweat pants, fled. no knife recovered.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Ninth Ave
Tom McElroy
Cristy Hamblin
McElroy
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