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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 2005
Page
18
The Gazette compiles The Log from public safety agencies and county attorney offices in Eastern Iowa, providing a centralized record of crime reports and legal actions for local readers.
A string of arrests is reported with names ages and addresses in Iowa City area. The times range from Wednesday evening to Thursday early morning with locations including 16th Avenue SW Center Point Road NE Seventh Avenue and Dodge Street. Several offenders are noted as repeat offenses.
Deborah Offerman 39 of 222 Fifth Ave SW faces two counts of assault causing bodily injury for allegedly striking Sherry Munoz and Melissa Tamayo at 210 Sixth Ave SW and 210 1/2 Sixth Ave SW. Shawntne Hart 23 of 1502 Fourth Ave SE is charged with domestic assault on his sister Sandea Hurt. Charles Mitchell 37 of 1509 First Ave SW is charged with domestic assault against Tomi Clark at their home.
Jonathan D. Gordon 21 of 1212 Melrose Ave Iowa City faces a second degree theft charge for allegedly writing five checks totaling 1400 on another person s account between May 13 and 21 at multiple Johnson County locations.
Marcus Brown, 32, of Chicago, charged with delivery of a controlled substance for allegedly delivering crack cocaine to a confidential informant at 1435 Third Ave SE on January 18. Josh F. Drayfahl, 22, of Columbus Junction, faces possession of drug precursors with intent to manufacture after a traffic stop yielded 196 pseudoephedrine pills on March 28 at Highway 965 and Commerce Drive, Coralville.
Lisa R. Jackson 28 faces three counts of forgery for presenting two forged checks totaling 1120 at Hills Bank 1401 S Gilbert St between May 16 and 18. Roger W. Loveless 36 charged with three forged checks totaling 1275 on May 23 at U S Bank 204 E Washington St Iowa City.
Linn County Treasurer's Office mailed 5452 tax bills to correct addresses but to former owners after properties sold in 2004. The error happened when new owner names were not input before printing. Corrected bills are being mailed. the cost impact remains undetermined. Linn County administers about 90,000 parcels.
Stevenson cites DOT computer issues as primary cause of backlog with illness vacations and higher vehicle sales adding to work. Vehicle division already logged 100 overtime hours this year versus 573 last year. Linn County officials discuss funding new clerical staff to handle workload and under funded overtime.
Cedar Rapids based 6th Judicial District vacancy opens after District Judge L Ver n Robinson retires Aug 19. Applicants include Nancy A Baumgartner Deborah Farmer Minot Phillip Reisetter Cynthia Smith Finley Casey Dyer Jones Barbara Liesveld Renee Sweitzer Mitchell Turner Angeline Wilson Richard Zimmerman and Nancy Burk. The commission meets Aug 4 to interview, two nominees advance to Gov Vilsack for final appointment.
The Iowa Department of Transportation will apply a modified two mow program to about 1500 miles of four lane roads to cut costs. Strips along shoulders and all medians will be mowed or cleaned to improve safety and reduce spending, with savings directed to guardrail and sign maintenance.
Cedar Rapids police arrested 35 year old Larry Truesdell Jr. on a warrant for willful injury in a baseball bat attack that seriously injured Todd Hale at Truesdell’s residence on June 21. He was taken into custody at his home on Sunday.
Hale was struck with a baseball bat and taken to University Hospitals. Truesdell remained jailed on 10 075 bail. A Marion woman said three hitchhikers she picked up on Fifth Avenue robbed her of a wallet with 30 dollars after they exited about three quarters of a mile away. Police warned against picking up hitchhikers.
The Village Bank was robbed for the second time since 2003 as a suspect fled south through an alley in a vehicle possibly bearing plate 897 PBT. Police reported no arrest yet while Cedar Rapids records show a third robbery this year and two arrests in January.
Teens pack the Independence fair floor as D J Casper's Cha Cha Slide energizes the crowd. Local 4 H/FFA Livestock Auction is set for Monday at 9 am at the Independence fairgrounds. Connie Svoboda from Iowa State University Extension notes ongoing events through Sunday.
Francis S. Granger a 41 year old from Bradley Illinois was accused of carrying a weapon after officers during a consent search found a knife with a blade exceeding five inches in his right boot at 200 Iowa Ave Iowa City.
Burglaries reported in Linn County include a residence at 344 St Olaf St SW with losses around 133 dollars during the window from 9 p.m. July 22 to 12:50 a.m. Saturday a second at 76 15th Ave SW between 8 and 10 p.m. Tuesday involving a PlayStation valued at 30 dollars and a third at 828 12th St NE listed with an undetermined cash loss.
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