Cedar Rapids man and Washington state man jailed for large marijuana distribution
Buddy Xeko of Cedar Rapids and Gregory Sills of Concrete Washington were sentenced to 71 and 57 months respectively for conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine and related money laundering. They admitted to moving over 110 pounds of marijuana and cocaine in the Cedar Rapids area between 2011 and 2016. Vichit Kho of Cedar Rapids received 23 months. All cases led by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Reinert under the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
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Washington State
Buddy Xeko
Xeko
Gregory Sills
Sills
Linda Reade
Reade
Kho
U.S
Patrick Reinert
Bicyclist Injured In Collision On Collins Road
Cedar Rapids police responded to a 6 01 p m crash at Collins and Twixt Town roads NE with a bicyclist being injured and taken to a hospital. No names were released and westbound Collins Road was closed briefly between Twixt Road and First Avenue NE.
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Cedar Rapids
Collins Road
Collins
Town Roads
First Avenue
Woman faces second degree theft at Walmart in Cedar Rapids
Kenaria J. Bady, 22, admitted to police she stole 6,149 dollars from the Walmart cash registers on Blairs Ferry Road NE in Cedar Rapids. The act qualifies as second degree theft, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Coralville
Terrence White
White
Cedar Rapids
Walmart
Blairs Ferry Road
Kenaria J. Bady
the Gazette
Fatal Brandon house fire leaves one dead one injured
A Brandon residence at 5164 25th Ave south of town burned early Friday. Four residents escaped. one person died and another was airlifted to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. Fire marshal investigates the cause with Vinton Urbana and North Benton crews assisting. Brandon sits 31 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids.
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Urbana
North Benton
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Capitol Digest Iowa fuel price uptick and exhibit in Des Moines
Iowa fuel prices rose this week with regular gas averaging 2.71 per gallon up two cents, diesel at 3.04, while crude oil climbed 3.87 to 4.26 per barrel. Heating gas slipped to 2.72 per MMBtu. A traveling exhibit Power of Protest frees Soviet Jews arrives May 18 to June 7 at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines with free admission.
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State Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
AAA
State Historical Museum of
Des Moines
National Museum of American Jewish History
Soviet Union
E. Locust St
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