Man pleads not guilty to kidnapping in federal case
Demont C Bowie 26, a registered sex offender, pleaded not guilty in U S District Court to kidnapping a minor from Minneapolis for prostitution in Iowa. If convicted, he could face life imprisonment and a 250000 fine. Investigators include Iowa DCI DEA and local sheriffs. Bowie previously faced burglary charges in Johnson County.
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Minnesota
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Minneapolis
Iowa
Bowie
Iowa Sex Offender Registry
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Drug Enforcement Administration
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Linn County Sheriff's Office
Lottery results and jackpot counts for September 30
Iowa Lottery draws show Cash Game numbers 10 12 13 18 20 with a $2.5 million jackpot. Pick 3 midday 6 4 3 and evening 4 8 6. Pick 4 midday 0 0 8 5 and evening 3 8 9 7. Illinois Little Lotto 4 10 20 25 34 and 6 60 f 48 with a $32 million Mega Millions jackpot.
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Iowa
Illinois
Experts see challenges for newspaper industry
Iowa City panel of academics and journalists warned the newspaper business faces threats to its survival while acknowledging robust journalism exists. They cited layoffs at major papers, low profit pressures, shifting reader habits, and new tech expanding reporting tools.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Adler Journalism
Dean Mills
Missouri School of Journalism
Boston Globe
New York Times
Mills
Kirsten Scharnberg
Chicago Tribune
Scharnberg
Tribune Company
WGN
Anamosa inmates to appear on MSNBC documentary
MSNBC will air an hourlong profile from the Anamosa State Penitentiary at 8 p m on Oct 15. The show follows inmates Daunte Bullock Mark Smith Michael Love and Bradley Love as cameras captured life inside the facility and meetings with victims families and the judge.
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MSNBC
Christoph Trappe
Gazette
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Jones County Prison
John Ault
Ault
Anamosa Prison
Iowa
United States
Daunte Bullock
Des Moines
Mark Smith
Scott County
Waterloo man pleads guilty in prom night crash case
Demir Mekic 23, a Bosnian citizen who fled the country after being charged with vehicular homicide, pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle and failure to appear in court. He admitted driving drunk when his car struck a teens’ car on prom night in April 2003, killing 18 year old Keely Lyons of Tracr. He faces up to 25 years in prison and had been set to stand trial October 18.
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Waterloo
Demir Mekic
Mekic
Keely Lyons
Tracr
Grinnell Men Charged With Marijuana Dealing
Jeffrey Russell Ebert twenty of Grinnell and a second Grinnell man Williams were arrested Tuesday and charged with dealing marijuana. Both face up to five years in prison and a seven thousand five hundred dollar fine if convicted. Evidence from a search of their apartment supported the charges. Another report notes a separate crash on Iowa Highway 136 near Goose Lake where Gerdes driving drunk crossed the center line and caused a head on collision with Scott's car.
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Jeffrey Russell Ebert
Grinnell
Williams
Ebert
Williams and Ebert
Gerdes
Goose Lake
Scott
Goose Lake man sentenced to 10 years in fatal crash
Clinton police report Paul Gerdes 34 of Goose Lake received up to a 10 year prison term after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the March 8 crash that killed Amber Scott 22 of Clinton. Her 11 month old son survived.
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Clinton
Paul Gerdes
Goose Lake
Gerdes
Amber Scott
Woman and boyfriend charged with child endangerment
Davenport woman Stephanie Letts 19 and her boyfriend Eladio Pena Jr. 21 face child endangerment charges after doctors diagnosed a skull fracture in their 7 month old child. Letts was arrested Tuesday and Pena Thursday. both face up to 10 years if convicted.
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Stephanie Letts
Eladio Pena Jr
Buffalo
Letts
Pena
Genesis Medical Center
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