Author: Nick Green

IOWA – According to the court documents, Roderick Banks, 36-year-old, has been charged with the murder count and a count being a felon in possession of a firearm for the Nov. 1 shooting death of 33-year-old Solomon Blackbird near Park Place Apartments in Sioux City. The 36-year-old man confronted Blackbird and Blackbird’s girlfriend outside the apartment complex and shot Blackbird once in the chest. Police believe the shooting was related to a drug deal. The officers recovered a handgun they believe was the murder weapon. The suspect left town after the shooting and was arrested in Alabama.

IOWA – According to the court documents, his name is Michael Lyke Jr. and he was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years on each of three counts in the case. Michael Lyke Jr. was ordered to serve the sentences one after the other. Michael Lyke Jr. pleaded guilty to reduced charges of voluntary manslaughter, willful injury and intimidation with a dangerous weapon in the June 2019 killing of 41-year-old Earl Caldwell. Another man, 39-year-old Des Moines resident Littleton William Clark, was injured. Michael Lyke Jr. had been scheduled to go to trial in April on first-degree murder and other charges and would have…

Davenport, IA – According to the police report, his name is Joshua Ennis, 38-year-old, of Davenport. The suspect was in custody Friday in Scott County Jail on a total of $20,000 bond to face felony charges of third-degree burglary, two counts of felon in possession of a firearm, hosting a drug house, second-degree theft, failure to affix a drug tax stamp, possession with intent to deliver and misdemeanor charges of driving under suspension and second-degree possession. Two of the guns were confirmed to be stolen when police checked the weapons’ serial numbers. The firearms were reported stolen from the 32nd Street…

When a man decided to check on his 83-year-old mother, who was being looked after at a care home in Minnesota, he saw the horrifying sight that no person should ever have to witness. His mother was being sexually assaulted by one of the employees working at the senior home who was responsible for taking care of her. The man witnessed the incident through a webcam that was previously set up in his mother’s room. To keep a check on his mother, who has Alzheimer’s disease, the son would use the camera to remotely monitor her health and see how she’s…

Three days after a father and his two sons were reported missing, their family was delivered the devastating news of their deaths, caused by the father who is believed to have killed his children before ending his own life. The father, reportedly had a history of depression and spoke about suicide to his family on different occasions in the past. Before the father from Missouri was found dead with his sons, he was seen near the family’s home, revving up his car and driving away with his boys. At the time, he was carrying the pistol that he is known to…

Davenport, IA – According to the police officials, his name is Edoghogho Collins Oloton, of Sandy Springs, Georgia. The 33-year-old man was sentenced Friday in federal court for conspiracy to commit money laundering. He will have to serve three years of supervised release after his prison term. He worked with others to launder dozens of money orders bought with the fraudulent tax refunds. About $1.4 million in fraudulently obtained funds passed through bank accounts associated with the scheme between February and April of 2015.

IOWA – According to the officials, her name is Brittany Roozeboom, 31-year-old, of Johnston. She was charged last week with three counts of child endangerment and one count of child endangerment resulting in bodily injury, according to court records. According to the officials, the children were kept for extended periods in a room with black-painted cardboard secured to the windows with spray foam, blocking out all light. The room was locked from the outside and had no internal door knob. She sometimes locked the children in the room so long that they soiled their clothes. She is being held in the…

Davenport, IA – According to the statement, the health department reported 368,632 total positive tests, 322,276 total recoveries and 5,601 total deaths since the pandemic began. 916,360 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, with 293,783 individuals fully vaccinated. The state reports 4,186,155 COVID-19 tests have been administered in Iowa. The number of patients hospitalized with the virus dropped from 179 to 173. The health department reports 39 patients in ICU and 10 patients on ventilators. The number of long-term care facilities reporting virus outbreaks in Iowa is down to six. The state reports 88 positive cases and 56 recoveries…