Heavy traffic citations at Cedar Rapids area joint patrol
In a three hour joint operation by the Iowa State Patrol and Linn County Sheriff's Department more than 100 traffic citations and 34 warnings were issued south of Cedar Rapids between 4 30 and 7 30 p m. A patrol airplane and ground units issued 41 speeding tickets 21 minor beer possession tickets 10 open container tickets and 35 other tickets. The fastest speeding violation went to a motorcyclist clocked at 108 mph. paving work on Collins Road NE east of Council Street began Monday with westbound lanes to Twixt Town Road to be reopened next week. Two intersections Collins Road NE with Council Street and Duffy Drive will be closed tonight 6 p m to 6 a m Thursday eastbound traffic remains open for southbound drivers to turn east while northbound drivers are blocked.
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Iowa State Patrol
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Cedar Rapids
Collins Road
Council Street
Town Road
Iowa Department of Transportation
Duffy Drive
Cedar Rapids man given lengthy concurrent drug sentences
Patrick McMickle 32 of Center Point Road NE received concurrent eight year and five year terms for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana and distribution of 448 grams of marijuana. He faces five years supervision after release. Mottinger, 32, will serve 13 years for distribution and related charges, plus four years special parole, with sentencing noting his cooperation but the vast cocaine quantity.
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Cedar Rapids
Patrick McMickle
Center Point Rct
U.S
David Hansen
McMickle
Federal
Chris L. Mottinger
Solon
Mottinger
Richard Murphy
Hansen
Eight arrested in Iowa City drug bust under 18 month probe
Seven Iowa City residents and a North English man face cocaine related charges from an undercover Johnson County operation. Eight were arrested at home Monday night, with three delivery and five sale cases, and all face up to 10 years and 10,000 in fines if convicted.
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Jeff Burnham
Iowa City
Johnson County
Robert Carpenter
Jack Johnson
North
English
Sheriff's Department
Kelly Pohlpeter
Benjamin Sheeler
E. Church St
Angela Helfrich
Scott Blvd
Modern Manor Trailer Court
Rex Helfrich
Pohlpeter
Sheeler
Iowa Department of Corrections
Johnson
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Johnson County District Court
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
County Attorney’s Office
Iowa City Police
Coralville Police
I Iowa’s Division of Narcotics Enforcement
Marilyn Smith
William Branch
Michael Lafontante
Seattle
Wash
Ben Gilchrist
Florida
Lafontante
Gilchrist
Iowa
Carpenter
Supervisors Question NRA Membership of Linn County Sheriff
The Linn County Board of Supervisors delayed a $25 claim for the sheriff’s NRA membership after supervisor Ken Perry sought an explanation. Sheriff Dennis Blome said a sergeant requested the membership for information from the NRA on weapon quality and related matters. Sgt Gene West noted the NRA magazine is available in the patrol office to guide officers in firearms. The department has held NRA membership since 1976.
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Wazetle
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Sheriff's Department
National Rifle Association
NRA
Ken Perry
the Gazette
Dennis Blome
Gene West
Mount Vernon Man Accused in Family Assault
Gary Heims 21 of Mount Vernon is accused of assaulting his brother Doug Heims at their Mount Vernon home. The alleged blows caused a bruised forehead and possible broken nose. Doug was treated and released from St Luke's Hospital.
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Gary Heims
Mount Vernon
Doug Heims
Doug
St. Luke’s Hospital
Assaults reported including two girls at Time Check Park
Police log notes two girls ages 6 and 9 allegedly assaulted while playing at Time Check Park 1131 Fifth St NW between June 5 and June 7 4 to 6 pm. Other items include multiple thefts from residences and a long list of drunken driving arrests with times and locations.
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Time Check Park
Fifth St. NW
County to pay 19700 for gasoline-tainted water cleanup
Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a 19700 contract with WGM Group Inc to install an air stripper at the Morgan Creek Maintenance Shop 1206 Stoney Point Rd NW. Gasoline appeared in the shop well water in July 1988. private wells show no contamination. The system will vent gasoline to the air as water passes through a plastic column, with cleanup potentially taking years due to fractured limestone and slow groundwater movement.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Casey
Linn County
Morgan Creek
WGM Group Inc
Stoney Point Rd
Steve Gannon
Gannon
Cedar Rapids Student Wins Third in National History Day
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School freshman Jay Girotto earned third place in the senior papers division of the 10th National History Day contest. He was the only Cedar Rapids area finalist among 1,800 national qualifiers from 300,000 entries. his research paper titled Dr. James Van Allen Earth’s Man of the Year 1989 was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School
Jay Girotto
Girotto
Washington, D.C
Cedar Rapids
James van Allen
Earth
National Endowment For the Humanities
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