Johnson gets five year sentence for death in Iowa City
Alaju Johnson, 26, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the December death of Kylie Jo Perkins at her apartment in Iowa City. He received up to five years in prison under an Alford plea, with weapons and drug charges dropped. Johnson must pay 150000 restitution plus funeral costs and up to 7500 in court fees.
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Iowa City
Alajuwon S. Johnson
Kylie Jo Perkins
Johnson
Alford
Adam Pollack
Johnson County
Janet Lyness
Perkins
Lyness
Kylie
Aber Ave
Perkins’ Family
Springville family seeks volunteers to aid missing son search
Springville residents Roger and Joyce Brown search for their son Danny, a Springville High School graduate, who disappeared after being thrown from a raft on Mill Creek during Tennessee floodwaters. Stan Rogers of Information Services USA urged volunteers as the family continues their exhausting hunt.
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Swim
Tve
Springville
Roger
Joyce Brown
Danny
Tennessee
Nashville
Stan Rogers
Iowa
Rogers
Information Services USA
Danny Brown
Springville High School
Mill Creek
Roger Brown
Browns
Volunteers Sought As Search For Danny Brown Continues
Stan and Tammy Rogers appeal for volunteers and boats to aid the Nashville search for Danny Brown. They want a boat with a fish finder to help locate a possible underwater body. Nashville Deputy Fire Chief Kim Lawson says the effort is now a recovery mission.
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Stan
Tammy Rogers
Danny Brown
Rogers
Nashville
Kim Lawson
Brown
Lawson
Two Men Arrested After 23 Pounds of Marijuana Found
Police arrested Perry Hooks Jr. and Kevin L. Thompson after a K-9 unit located 23.4 pounds of marijuana in the trunk of their car during a traffic stop in East Dubuque Illinois. Authorities also seized over $1,300 as the men faced $50,000 bond and were jailed in Jo Daviess County.
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the Gazette East
East Dubuque
Dubuque County
Iowa
Jo Daviess County
Ex-worker says Rubashkin knew of minor workers at plant
Former line supervisor Matt Derrick testified that he warned supervisors about underage workers at Agriprocessors in Postville. He said teens were on his line and sometimes worked over 14 hours. Derrick described pressure to keep quiet and said Rubashkin did not act to fix the problem. He also noted threats and an unverified email linked to a request for fake documents.
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Mark Weinhardt
F. Montgomery Brown
Sholom Rubashkin
Rubashkin
Black Hawk County
Agriprocessors
Postville
Josh Nelson
Jeff Reinitz
Courier
Waterloo
Matt Derrick
Derrick
State
Rick
Brent Beebe
Gary Norris
Ao Young
Norris
Elizabeth Billmeyer
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
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