Inmate Complaints Over Jail Medical Delays
Two Linn County Jail inmates allege delays in medical care as a wife’s call to the human rights commission prompts action. Sheriff Grant defends cautious care due to high costs and labels the complainants chronic. One inmate reports bleeding hemorrhoids. another, epileptic seizures, with disputed treatment and medication adherence.
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Linn County
Human Rights Commission
Walter Grant
John Repici
New Jersey
Iowa County
Grant
Repici
Repid
No Basis for Prosecution in Millsap Case
The U S justice department found insufficient evidence to prosecute Cedar Rapids police in the March 19 incident involving Detective Kenneth Millsap who was arrested for intoxication and resisting an officer. No charges were filed and Millsap’s civil dispute seeks damages from city officials. The department closed the file, noting rare reopenings, while Millsap’s suspension and rank appeal proceed.
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U.S. Justice Department
Kenneth Millsap
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Millsap
George Matias
Civil Service Commission
District Court
Dennis Dimsey
Justice Department
Civil Rights Division
Dimsey
Kent State University
The
Blaze damages vacant house on Ellis boulevard
A fire heavily damaged the back portions of a vacant two story frame house at 1028 Ellis boulevard NW. Firefighters arrived at 2 38 a m early Thursday. The cause of the blaze has not been determined.
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Ellis Boulevard
Glass Injured in Traffic Mishap Near Nineteenth Street
George R. Glass aged 26 of 1256 Second Avenue SE was treated at St Luke's hospital after his car struck a parked vehicle on the 400 block of Nineteenth Street SE. He was released early Thursday and no charges were filed.
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George R. Glass
Second Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Nineteenth Street SE
Grant Says Mistreatment Charge Untrue
Sheriff Walter Grant announced on Thursday that he completed his inquiry into a Cedar Rapids jail beating complaint but offered no details. Richard Joseph Barnes, 46, of 77 Seventeenth Avenue SW, alleged jailers beat him for refusing to disrobe before a Linn County jail booking on an intoxication charge. Barnes later pled guilty to the intoxication charge and said he consulted counsel.
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Repid
Duane Duncan
Repici
Duncan
Walter Grant
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Richard Joseph Barnes
Seventeenth Avenue
Grant
Barnes
Magistrate Drops Larceny Charge Against Danny Fenton
A larceny under twenty dollars charge against Danny Fenton of 5409 J street SW was dismissed after the complaint refused to testify. The alleged theft involved goods from Michael Goodrich of 5400 J street SW on August 21.
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Danny Fenton
J Street
Michael Goodrich
Drug Possession Charge Dropped
Kevin Meyer of 2740 Worthington Drive SW had a possession of marijuana charge dismissed in magistrate court in the interest of justice. The alleged offense dated July 23.
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Kevin Meyer
Worthington Drive
Drunk Driving Case Sentences Richard Brandt to School Program
Richard Brandt of 700 Thirty Fifth Street Marion pleaded guilty in magistrate court to drunk driving. He was ordered to attend the Kirkwood Community College drunk drivers program in lieu of a $300 fine after arrest on August 27.
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Richard Brandt
Marion
Kirkwood Community College
Assault and Battery Charge Is Dismissed
The charge against James Kenney of Des Moines for assaulting Carole Kenney on July 9 was dismissed in magistrate court because the complaining witness did not wish to testify.
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James Kenney
Des Moines
Carole Kenney
C R Man Arrested On Larceny Count
Harold A. Hildenbrand age 35 of 5730 Colorado Drive SW was arrested Wednesday night on a larceny charge. He signed a promise to appear and was released. Police say he took fixtures of undetermined value from 4991 Sixth Street SW Cedar Rapids owned by Robert Novotny route two Cedar Rapids.
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Harold A. Hildenbrand
Colorado Drive
Hildenbrand
Sixth Street
Robert Novotny
Cedar Rapids
Courthouse Grant Plans Jail Security Changes After Escape
Linn Sheriff Walter Grant outlined multiple security updates at the county jail following William Burgess escape. One change awaits board approval and a second tightens access to the west end gate and parking lot behind the jail. Burgess, 31, Marble Rock, escaped by sawing from his cell and an outside window. no disciplinary action announced due to undetermined fault.
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Linn
Walter Grant
William Burgess
the Gazette
Grant
Board of Supervisors
Burgess
Marble Rock
Blakely Accused of Stealing Purse in Linn County Incident
Randy A. Blakely aged 19 of 203 L Avenue NW was arrested Wednesday night and charged with larceny. He is held in Linn County jail on a $500 bond. Police allege he took a purse from Edna Thomson of 817 Pawnee Drive NW in the 100 block of Third Avenue SE on Wednesday.
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Randy A. Blakely
L Avenue NW
Linn County
Blakely
Edna Thomson
Pawnee Drive
Third Avenue
Wesley G Kopecky dies in Independence Iowa
Wesley George Kopecky of Independence a former Cedar Rapids resident died in an Independence hospital Tuesday evening He was born August 9 1918 in Shueyville He worked for Bechtel Corp before illness and owned North End Tap in Independence He was a member of St Johns Catholic Church Hanford American Legion VFW 788 Electrical Workers Union 405 and WWII Army veteran Surviving are wife Evelyn stepson Timothy Alessio two stepdaughters Mark Robson and Nancy Alessio sister Elnora Netolicky brothers Bill Kopecky and Lou Kopecky three grandchildren Services at Turner chapel east with military rites at Cedar Memorial Cemetery Rosary Friday at Turner chapel east
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Wesley George Kopecky
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville
Bechtel Corp
North End
St. John’s Catholic Church
Hanford
American Legion
VFW
Electrical Workers Union
Evelyn
Timothy Alessio
Mark Robson
Burbank
Calif
Nancy Alessio
Sist ‘Ter
Elnora Netolicky
Bill Kopecky
Swisher
Lou Kopecky
Springfield
Turner Chapel East
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Hanford Post
The
Mason Howe Funeral Home
Burger to be released from Mayo Clinic Friday
Chief Justice Warren Burger will leave the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota on Friday after a surgical repair for a pre existing hernia. He is 65 and described as in excellent condition and originally faced a Saturday or Sunday discharge.
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Justice Burger
Washington
Warren Burger
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Burger
Want Ad Catches Eye with Dial Instructive Appeal
A compact want advertisement urges readers to advertise where people look and provides the contact phone number 398 8234. The notice emphasizes direct solicitations and simple outreach.
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Dial
Work resumes near normal at Duane Arnold nuclear project
Bechtel Corp says construction at the Duane Arnold Energy Center in Palo is back to normal after several days of picketing and work stoppage. Absenteeism is about normal with a 1 to 2 percent rise blamed on miscommunication about posted pickets. A meeting resolved disputes after the discharge of a millwright union steward who challenged management. The Building Trades Council notes zero tolerance for unauthorized pickets.
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Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Bechtel Corp
Jworkers
Building Trades Council
Levi Pennington 91 Dies After Short Illness
Levi Pennington a Mechanicsville resident for over 20 years died Thursday morning after a short illness Born September 27 1881 near Fairfield Illinois he farmed near Solon and served as pastor of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Surviving are his wife Anna King three daughters six sons thirty seven grandchildren sixty two great grandchildren eight great great grandchildren and three sisters Services will be held at the Brosh funeral home Solon at 2 PM Saturday with burial in Morse Cemetery Friends may call after noon Friday
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Levi Pennington
Mechanicsville
Fairfield
Til
Solon
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Anna King
George Fidler
Ray Hughes
Texas
Edward Smith
Burlington
Oliver
Backus
Minn
Joe
Alburnett
James
Ozark
Homer
Levi
Robert
Cedar Rapids
Maude Bayles
Springfield
Ill
Edna Medders
Iula
Clarence Lowe
Cisne
III
Bros
Welding spark starts big fire at Bellefontaine rail shops
Thirty years ago a welding torch sparked a blaze at New York Central railway Bellefontaine Ohio shops causing an estimated five million dollars in damage.
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Bellefontaine, Ohio
New York Central Railway
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