Author: Nick Green

Postville, IOWA – According to the Iowa State Patrol, this unfortunate accident occurred right after 11 p.m. Thursday. It happened on Highway 51, 6 miles north of Postville. Authorities say the trooper was assisting the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office with a call for service. His name is Ted Benda and he was involved in a single-vehicle collision. The trooper suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Gunderson Lutheran Hospital. through a news release. This incident is under investigation. This is a developing story and it will be updated as new information become available. 

Des Moines, IOWA – According to the Des Moines Police Department, her name is Sophia Garcia and she was arrested. This incident occurred right after 2 a.m. early Friday morning. The suspect left a bar with a man she met that night. The man said that he showed Garcia a handgun. Garcia then grabbed the handgun and began firing out her car window. The woman was arrested on suspicion of reckless use of a firearm and cocaine possession. No one was injured in this incident. This is a developing story and it will be updated as new information become available. 

Davenport, IOWA – According to the Davenport Police Department, his name is Frank Bloch and police say he faces felony charges of first-degree burglary and control of a firearm by a felon. This incident occurred around 2:15 a.m. Thursday. It happened in the 5400 block of North Division Street. Davenport Police Department officers responded to a report of a disturbance. The victim told the officers that the suspect tried to force his way into the residence and the victim pushed him out of the home. He also tried to point the firearm at the victim. The suspect then turned the firearm over…

Cedar Rapids, IOWA – According to the court documents, his name is Ethan Alexander Orton and prosecutors say he stabbed his parents, Misty Scott-Slade and Casey Orton. This unfortunate incident occurred right after 2 a.m. early Thursday morning. It happened in the 300 block of Carnaby Drive NE. The responding officers found the 17-year-old suspect sitting outside the home, covered in blood. He allegedly admitted to killing his parents by stabbing them. Orton told the responding officers that he also used an axe to kill his mother when she appeared to have survived the initial stabbing. The 17-year-old said he did it to…

Linn County, IOWA – According to the Marion Police Department, the shooting occurred around 6:15 p.m. Thursday. It happened at 895 Blairs Ferry Road in Marion. Marion Police Department officers responded to a shooting call. When the officers arrived on scene, a woman told them that she and her boyfriend were leaving the restaurant when three men attacked her boyfriend. She told the officers that she took her gun and fired at the assailants. The suspects then fled the area in a truck. Please call the Marion Police Department at 319-377-1511 if you have any information about this incident. This is a…

According to the court documents, the 30-year-old defendant pleaded guilty on Wednesday. Prosecutors say he pleaded guilty to killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child in 2018. The defendant allegedly admitted that he used a cellphone charging cord to strangle the 29-year-old victim to death. He confessed that he strangled her to death in a fit of rage inside of her apartment on Sept. 26, 2018. Authorities found evidence on his cellphone that the victim broken up with him just before her death. His name is Jaleel Lamar Loper and prosecutors say he pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, third-degree murder of…

Davenport, IOWA – According to the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, his name is Bobby Klum and he was pronounced dead. An autopsy has been scheduled at the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner. This unfortunate incident occurred right before 4 p.m. Wednesday. It happened in the 800 block of Iowa Street. Davenport Police Department officers attempted to take the suspect into custody. The armed suspect refused to comply and ignored the officer’s commands. The officer discharged their firearm and struck the suspect. The suspect was arrested and transported to Genesis Medical Center. The officer involved has been placed…

Bellevue, IOWA – According to the court documents, his name is Brian Robert Detwiler and he pleaded guilty to one count of conversion of property pledged to a farm credit agency. Prosecutors say the 26-year-old defendant admitted he got a $50,000 U.S.D.A. loan to buy cattle and then used some of the money for work on his house, gambling, food and alcohol. According to the court documents, the defendant bought 35 head of cattle for $32,000. Detwiler then sold 22 head for a profit and used the money in casinos, prosecutors say. This story will be updated as new information become available.