City Briefs and Notes on Local Events and Thefts
A miscellaneous city brief covers a 7:30 am executive meeting at SW and Roosevelt, a 572.55 cash theft, a 407 dollar stolen guitar at a music booth, and a hot list of local ads. It mentions Frank KO Nye of The Gazette, Mount Vernon art shop ads, Boots the sax player, and various petty thefts and housebreakings with addresses and periods noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gar
Roosevelt
Frank
KO Nye
The
Gazette
Boots
Minis
Embassy Club
George McDill Willl
Scotland
Marak OF Tin Oil Co
First Avenue
Ambassador Lounge
East Marlow
Magistrate's Court Action Involving Marianne Bowers
Marianne Bowers of Iowa City pled guilty in magistrate court to false alteration of a check under $20 and received a one day suspended jail sentence. The case cites a bad check for $40 to Arnold's, false uttering of a check under $20, and related charges tied to Hy-Vee and a street address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Bowers
Iowa City
Arnold
Suspected Marijuana Charge Guilty Plea in Magistrate Court
Robert Winger of 2459 Deborah Drive SW pled guilty last week to possession of a controlled substance. He received a six month suspended sentence after being charged with having marijuana on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Winger
Deborah
J Marijana
Tennessee Man Fined For Assault and Battery
Billy Garrett of Dixon Tennessee pled guilty in magistrate court to assault and battery. He was fined 20 and costs for an incident at Hall on July 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Garrett
Dixon
Tenn
Him Hall
Woman Pleads Guilty On Bad Check Charge
Elizabeth Williams of Hiawatha pleaded guilty in magistrate court to an amended charge related to a bad check. She faced the court as details of the case were presented by prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Williams
Hiawatha
Monticello Man Fined $100 for Reckless Driving
Steve Scharmann of Monticello was fined $100 after an amended charge of reckless driving. He had been arrested for drunken driving on February 11.
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Scharmann
Steve Scharmann
Monticello
Fraud charges dropped on hotel defrauding case
Charges of defrauding the Howard Johnson Motor Inn on February 8 against Robert Gill and Marietta Gill of Iowa City were dismissed last week in magistrate's court at the complainant's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert
Marietta Gill
Iowa City
Howard Johnson Motor Inn
Charged with Pointing Gun Pleads Guilty
Kim Christianson, 1851 A, appeared in magistrate court last week on four charges. He pled guilty to two counts of pointing a gun at another and one count of assault and battery. He received 80 day suspended sentences on each charge.
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Kim Christianson
Assault charges evolve in Clyde case
One assault and battery count was dismissed while two counts of assault and battery on Bobby Brewster on August 18 and two counts of pointing a gun at Clyde Bailey on August were listed in the pending charges.
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Bobby Brewster
Pointlyr
Clyde Bailey
Drunk Driver Sent To Kirkwood School
Lyle Fleming and Des Moles faced drunk driving charges and were ordered to attend Kirkwood Community College drunk drivers program in lieu of a $300 fine. They were arrested on March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood School
Lyle Fleming
Des Moles
Kirkwood Community College
Drunk Driving Charge Costs C.R. Man $300
Ronald Scheffert of 1427 Eighth Avenue pled guilty in magistrate’s court to drunk driving. He was arrested February 9 and fined $300.
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C.R. Man
Ronald Scheffert
Eighth Avenue
Teens Arrested For Fireworks Violations In Cedar Rapids
Two youths aged 16 and 13 were arrested by Cedar Rapids police on charges of discharging fireworks and curfew violation near Penn Avenue and First Street NW. They were processed by the Youth Bureau. Juvenile fireworks offenses total about 12 for the year, far below prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar ‘Rapids
Penn Avenue
First Street
Youth Bureau
Multiple Iowa crashes claim several lives across towns
A string of fatal accidents in Iowa left three dead near Bettendorf and Le Claire after a truck crash and a car collision. A separate crash near Alcester killed Charles Torres, and drownings occurred at Sigourney, Greenville, and Sioux Center with teens Kathy Herschberger, Pat Nelson, and Alvin Deweerd among victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betterfort
Michael Essig
Bettendort
Randy Winslow
le Claire
Tin Dolm Mayer
Bettendorf
Davenport
Essig
Cantragna
Pordor
Charles Torres
Akron
Alcester
Torres
South Dakota
Kalona
Town City
Sigourney
Kathy Herschberger
Melvin Herschberger
Yen Row Gis
Pat Netkon
Gillett Grove
Greenville
Clay County
Nelson
Alvin Deweerd
Sioux Center
Sandy Hollow
Three Years Probation For Driving a Stolen Car
I Ruffino 22 of Los Angeles received three years probation from Federal Judge Edward J McManus after pleading guilty to interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. He was arrested May 26 for driving a stolen car from California to Fildora and ordered to make restitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dot I. Ruffino
Los Angeles
Edward J. McManus
Ruffino
California
Fildora
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. Nel
Klmt Art Gallery
Palisades Rd
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Hertz
Boddicker School of Music
AlMowa
Hawkeye
May’s
Centar Downs
Sun-Point Road
Homer
Paducah
Kentucky
Jerome's
Beulah Graham
Lake Avenue
Travel & Transport
Maxine R. Schild
Tenth Avenue
the Elks Club
Sandia L
Malden
Twelfth Avenue SE
Tim
Mt. Vernon Road
Allfree
Cedar Blackford
Third Avenue
Rapids Conference Board
Jim
Nashville
New York
UPI
Black Bear Cubs
M. R
Marty) Smith
Maytag
Parma- Press
Weer
First Ave
Tennessee
Toll
Clark
Hrongon
Mennonite
Schurch
Powell Tances
Atlas
Standard Oil Division
Amoco Oil Company
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