FBI shuts down Internet child material ring in sweep
Scott Jennings of the FBI Cedar Rapids office says local leads were pursued as 86 suspects in 26 states face charges in a nationwide Internet child adult material ring. The operation targeted three Yahoo discussion groups and included two Catholic priests and six other clergy among those identified. The FBI anticipated about 50 more arrests by week’s end.
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Scott Jennings
FBI
Cedar Rapids
Yahoo! Inc
Names of two trainmen released in Cedar Rapids boy death
Cedar Rapids police identified the train conductor William J. Pokorny Jr. and engineer David M. Holcomb after a Sunday accident on a bridge in southwest Cedar Rapids. Six year old Roger Bergfeld was killed and seven year old Dylan McBride was injured. Dylan remained in fair condition last night.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
William J. Pokorny Jr
Bryant
David M. Holcomb
Albany, St
Roger Bergfeld
Bever Ave. SE
Dylan McBride
Park Ave. SE
Union Pacific
Dylan
School punishes third grader for pocket knife
A 10 year old Walker Elementary pupil was disciplined for bringing a pocket knife to school on Tuesday morning. He showed the knife to another child on the bus but did not threaten anyone and no one was hurt. The knife was confiscated at school and the Linn County Sheriff's Office responded. The boy picked up the weapon at a friend's house and no arrests were made.
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Walker Elementary
Walker
Steve McPherson
North Linn
McPherson
Linn County
Trucker dies after tractor rolls on incline near Bellevue
Richard Tebbe, 71, of Bellevue, was killed Tuesday when a tractor rolled while he unloaded a hay bale. Officials say he did not shift the lever to park, causing the machine to roll down an incline. Medical Examiner Paul Koob pronounced him dead at the scene. The accident occurred seven miles south of Bellevue in Jackson County.
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Richard Tebbe
Bellevue
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Tebbe
Sheriff's Department
Paul Koob
Clarence police chief resigns after dog shooting controversy
Clarence Lowden and Stanwood police chief Joey Wenndt resigns effective March 31 after public debate over his Feb 15 shooting of an 8 year old Chow mix dog owned by Lyle Matheny. Mayor Ellingson expresses regret but support, noting pressure and harassment on Wenndt and his family.
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Clarence
Joey Werndt
Clarence, Lowden
Stanwood
London
Lyle Matheny
Wenndt
Mike Ellingson
Wenndat
Cedar Rapids survey finds 483 homeless in Linn County
Volunteers counted 483 homeless individuals 246 of them children sheltered in local agencies and 293 turned away for lack of beds. Interviews show 61 percent of homeless have jobs and 64 percent have children under 17. The study aims to guide a six to nine month plan.
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Linn County
Julie Myers
MidAmerica Housing Partnership
Man charged with attempted murder after two-county chase
Brenton Roberts, 21, of Mon tour faces an attempted murder charge for allegedly trying to run down Tama Police Chief Bryan Ellenbecker after a two-county pursuit. He also faces more than a dozen other criminal and traffic charges from two accidents in Benton County and a high speed chase in Tama County. He was arrested in the Meskwaki Indian Settlement and held on 275000 bond after treatment for injuries.
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Kristophere’ Owens
Gazette Tama
Montour
Tama
Bryan Ellenbecker
Brenton Roberts
Benton County
Tama County
Roberts
Ellenbecker
Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center
Roger Brown
Iowa State Patrol District 11
Cedar Rapids
Terrance Keahna
Des Moines
Marcia Koering
Hiawatha
Highway 30
Highway 131
Belle Plaine
Koering
Keahna
Bill Lee
Lee
Keystone
Ryan Johnson
Johnson
Toledo
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