Former inmate says lax Fort Madison security allowed rapes
A former inmate testified in U.S. District Court that lax security at the Iowa Penitentiary at Fort Madison enabled two fellow prisoners to rape him twice in July 1978 after he sought protective custody. He described a prison gang offer of protection for sex and threats against reporting the abuse.
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Iowa
Fort Madison
U.S
Edward McManus
Anamosa
Charles Wilkens
Wilkens
Irvin Smalheiser
Bettendorf
Smalheiser
Two Lab Retriever Pups Seek Homes From Linn County Shelter
Seven week old lab retriever siblings, one curly coat and one smooth, are up for adoption at Linn County Humane Society on Mount Vernon Road SE for 35 each. Both have had first worming distemper and parvo shots.
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Linn County Humane Society
Mount Vernon Road
Edgewood Manor sale gains foothold in licensing fight
Larry Vander Maten of Cedar Rapids wins a round in his bid to operate Edgewood Manor, a 201 bed Cedar Rapids facility. A state hearing officer orders the Health Department to issue a license to Marrell Enterprises, backing Vander Maten’s plan to buy Edgewood Manor for 2.8 million and lease to his firm.
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Des Moines
Larry Vander Maten
Cedar Rapids
State Department of Health
Edgewood Manor
Clive Drive
Iowa
Health Department
Health Facilities Division
Marrell Enterprises, Inc
Vander Maten
Mark Wheeler
Health Facilities
Osceola
Marrell Enterprises
Wheeler
Iowa Health Facilities Council
Inmate Charges Filed Over Prisoner Death at County Jail
Five jail inmates face murder charges in the stomping death of Michael Charles Bottoms in a holding cell at the Orange County courthouse. Bottoms, from Cedar Rapids, died days after the April 20 assault at UC Irvine Medical Center.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Michael Charles Bottoms
Orange County
Bottoms
Cedar Rapids
University of California-Irvine Medical Center
Gilbert James Lovato
New Mexico
Bill Leonard Frisbee
Orange
Kirk William Smyth
Torrance
Superior Court
Phillip Angel Senteno
Baldwin Park
Arthur Ruffo
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Lax
Nancy Stevens
Azet
Edgewood Manor Sale
John McCarroll
Michael Bottoms
Lovato
Frisbee
Ralph Casteneda
Virginia
Senate
House
Kirkwood
Iowa City
Ames
Capezio
Rapids
Seifert
Westdale
Hardwick
Valenta TV
B Avenue NW
Uatevila
Home Entertainment
Famolare
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