Shooting prompts grand jury in Cedar Rapids case
Chronology shows Officer Lucas Jones pulling over Jerime Mitchell on Tuesday Nov 1. Mitchell is wounded after an altercation. DCI investigates as vigils form. On Nov 15 supporters demand dashcam release and independent inquiry. On Nov 16 Linn County Attorney Vander Sanden takes the DCI review. On Nov 18 a grand jury is impaneled to consider charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Lucas Jones
Jerime Mitchell
Lucas
Mitchell
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Linn County
Jerry Vander Sanden
DCI
van der Sanden
Linn County seeks grand jury on officer shooting in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden announces a grand jury will decide if Cedar Rapids officer Lucas Jones justified in wounding 38 year old Jerime Mitchell during a Nov 1 traffic stop. He says independent review should boost public confidence while investigators complete supplemental information from the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
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the Gazette
Jerime
Danky
Mitchell
First Avenue
Coe Road
Cedar Rapids
Jerime Mitchell
Linn
Jerry Vander Sanden
Vander Sanden
Cedar Rapids Public Safety
Greg Buelow
Killer's former wife finds relief as Standlee faces life in prison
Dawn Ware says she slept better after Travis Standlee, 45, was convicted of murdering Raymond Ursino, 55, and Sharon Mead, 41, in Cedar Rapids in September 2015. Ware testified about years of abuse during their two year marriage and the shocking consequences.
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Dawn Ware
Ware
Travis Standlee
Standlee
Iowa
James
Raymond Ursino
Sharon Mead
Cedar Rapids
Jacksonville
Texas
Iowa earns poor marks from MADD over laws
A new Mothers Against Drunk Driving report ranks Iowa in the bottom ten for drunk driving laws with one and a half stars out of five. Linda Chapman of MADD Dubuque Jackson County urges ignition locks for offenders and notes previous discussions in Des Moines have stalled.
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Irving
MADD
Iowa
Linda Chapman
Dubuque
Jackson County
Madd National
Des Moines
Trump taps three hard line security picks for top posts
President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate Sen Jeff Sessions for attorney general and Rep Mike Pompeo for CIA director while naming retired Lt Gen Michael Flynn as White House national security adviser. The selections drew applause from supporters and Republicans but were denounced by Democrats and civil rights advocates.
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Donald Trump
Trump
Jeff Sessions
R-Ala
Mike Pompeo
CIA
Michael T. Flynn
White House
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David Nakamura, Philip Rucker
Elise Wiebeck
Washington Post
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