No new trial for Rwanda native in naturalization case
U S District Chief Judge Linda Reade denied a new trial for Ngombwa of Cedar Rapids who was convicted in January of naturalization fraud. The court found no ineffective counsel grounds after Ngombwa’s children testified that they could have helped, but their testimony was not pursued. Ngombwa faces sentencing and has pending Linn County arson charges from 2013.
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Cedar Rapids
Rwanda
United States
Gervais
Ken” Ngombwa
Ngombwa
John Burns
Burns
Department of Homeland Security
U.S
Gilbert Mugarula Grant
Grant
Mdr-Power
Homeland Security
Linda Reade
Linn County
Overflow shelters opened 42 times last winter in Linn County
In Linn County Cedar Rapids activated its emergency overflow shelter 42 nights for dangerously cold weather. 92 people used 297 beds across 19 organizations led by Willis Dady Emergency Shelter with beds added at three sites and an off site shelter 24 times. The “point in time” census found 400 homeless, including 164 children and 121 women. Planning for next season targets raising the trigger temp from 15 to 32 degrees and increased funding of about 32 thousand dollars.
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Tony Goodwin
Cedar Rapids
Goodwin
Homeless Resource Alliance
Linn
Phoebe Trepp
Willis Dady Emergency Shelter
Willis Dady
United Way
East Central Town
Trepp
Briefs from Oxford and Iowa City police posts
In Oxford a man in a white car approached a child behind the Depot store. a 3:30 p.m. report cites a blond man in his 30s with a teal shirt and goatee seeking money. Call the sheriff at (819) 356-6020 with information. In Iowa City, Lt. Bill Campbell was promoted to captain and will head administrative services, completing a department reshuffle following Doug Hart's demotion. Campbell joined in 1990 and previously led patrol, training, public information, records, investigations, and the Special Response Team.
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Oxford
Johnson County Attorney’s Office
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
Iowa City
Bill Campbell
Administra
Tive Services
Campbell
Doug Hart
Hart
David Droll
Iowa City Po
Lice Department
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Trish Mehaffey
the Gazette
Trish.mehaffey
Thegazette
Gervais ‘Ken’ Ngombwa
Social Services
Adam Wesley
1.C. Police
Payn
Dupaco
Dupaco.com
BrightTrack
NCUA
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