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Yahoo
02-06-2025
- General
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Davenport man sentenced for eluding
A Davenport man who spent Thanksgiving 2024 in the Scott County Jail after police say he led them on a chase at over 90 mph has been sentenced. Court records show Treveon Slater entered guilty pleas to charges of eluding speed over 25 mph over the limit and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent in early February 2025. A Scott County judge sentenced him on May 29 to a period of five years in the Iowa Department of Corrections for a period of five years, with credit for time served in the Scott County Jail. He was fined $1,025 plus a 15% crime surcharge. He was sentenced to a period of two years in the Iowa Department of Corrections, with credit for time served. He was also fined $855 plus a 15% crime surcharge. The sentences were suspended, and Slater was placed on probation for three years. He must obtain a mental health evaluation and complete any recommended treatment, complete the Residential Corrections Facility program and complete the Victim Impact Panel through QCALM. A high speed chase in November 2024 On November 22, 2024 at about 1:30 a.m., Davenport Police saw a Dodge Durango with no license plates and heavily tinted windows traveling east on East Locust Street from Bridge Avenue. Officers tried to initiate a traffic stop but the SUV began accelerating away from them. The SUV reached reported speeds of 90+ mph in a 35 mph zone and ran multiple stop signs. The driver was identified as Slater, who drove the wrong way on Bridge Avenue and the Centennial Bridge. It then struck a 'pedestrian vehicle' at West River Drive and Bridge Avenue, and left off. A pedestrian vehicle is a self-propelled conveyance, such as a wheelchair, for use by a person with a physical disability. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Columbians sentenced in Bettendorf burglary ring
The last two defendants who were part of a Bettendorf burglary ring in 2024 have been sentenced. Jhon Hurtado-Advincula was sentenced to a period not to exceed five years in the Iowa Department of Corrections, with credit for time served for each of two charges of third-degree burglary. The sentenced will be served concurrently, or at the same time. He was ordered to pay a total fine of $2,050, but the court suspended the fine. The court dismissed two charges of first-degree theft, two counts of conspiracy to commit a non-forcible felony and two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief. The court also found that he was unable to make payments toward Category B restitution, which includes contributing to anti-crime organizations and victim compensation programs Luis Angulo-Garces was sentenced on May 16 to a period in the Iowa Department of Corrections not to exceed five years on each of two counts of third-degree burglary, with credit for time served. Two counts of first-degree theft, two counts of conspiracy to commit a non-forcible felony and two counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief were dismissed. The sentences will be served concurrently, or at the same time. He was ordered to pay a total of $2,050 in fines, but they were suspended by the court. He was found unable to reasonably make payments toward Category B restitution. The Columbian nationals were arrested, along with Luis Panameno-Rodallega, in February 2024 after Bettendorf Police said they burglarized several homes in the city, taking cash, jewelry, gold, weapons and personal documents belonging to others. Panameno-Rodallega was sentenced to no more than five years in prison in April on two charges of third-degree burglary, but the sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for two years, pending good behavior, unless released early by the court or he returns permanently to Columbia. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
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East Moline woman sentenced in ‘skip scan' case
A woman from East Moline who was arrested for 'skip scanning' at Hy-Vees throughout the Quad Cities has been sentenced in one of the cases. Linaya Bennett, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of using a juvenile to commit an indictable offense and one count of second-degree theft. A count of ongoing criminal conduct was dismissed. She was sentenced to 10 years in the Iowa Department of Corrections for the using a juvenile charge and ordered to pay a fine of $1,370. The Court suspended the fine. Bennett was sentenced to five years in the Iowa Department of Corrections on the second-degree theft charge and ordered to pay a fine of $1,025. The Court suspended this fine. The prison terms were suspended and Bennett was placed on probation for three years, pending good behavior. She must obtain a mental health evaluation and successfully complete any recommended treatment, obtain a substance use evaluation and successfully complete any recommended treatment, avoid using controlled substances and alcohol, complete the QCALM class, maintain employment and any other conditions set by the probation officer. Bennett was ordered to pay victim restitution in the amount of $2,429.18 to the Hy-Vee on W. Locust Street. Bennett was sentenced to 24 months of conditional discharge in October 2024 on charges of 'skip scanning' 36 times at area Hy-Vees. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
11-03-2025
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Authorities looking for man who failed to report back to Iowa residential facility
The Iowa Department of Corrections is looking for a man who failed to report back to the Ottumwa Residential Facility over the weekend. Jaron James Nathan was convicted of intimidation with a dangerous weapon in Des Moines County and failed to report back to the Ottumwa Residential Facility as required on Saturday, March 8. Nathan is an 18-year-old Black man who stands 5'10' and weighs 171-pounds. He was admitted to the work release facility on January 10. Persons with information on Nathan's whereabouts should contact local police. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Politics
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Iowa Republicans Pass Bill To Remove Transgender Civil Rights Protections
Iowa's Republican-controlled state legislature passed a bill on Thursday that would remove gender identity as a protected class in the state's civil rights code. Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected as soon as Thursday evening to sign the bill into law, which would roll back nearly two decades of civil rights protections for trans Iowans. Iowa Democrats warned that the bill would open the door for employers and educators to discriminate against trans people in the state. 'This is a sad day for Iowa,' state Sen. Zach Wahls said during the Senate debate. '[This bill] will tell employers you have a green light to fire somebody because of who they are…and that's just wrong.' The votes in both chambers were met with outrage from hundreds of protestors who packed the Iowa Capitol rotunda, waving pride flags and sending messages of support to transgender Iowans. If Reynolds signs the bill, Iowa would be the first state to remove nondiscrimination protections based on gender identity. In contrast, 22 other states explicitly bar discrimination based on both sexual orientation and gender identity. A spokesperson for Reynolds' office did not immediately respond to questions after the vote on whether she would sign the bill. But the Republican governor has signed anti-trans legislation in the past, including a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors and another barring transgender girls from participating in school sports. The state Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that sexual orientation and gender identity are protected classes, which amended the state's civil rights law for the first time since 1965 and helped pave the way for broader workplace protections for trans Iowans. In 2019, Jesse Vroegh, a nurse with the Iowa Department of Corrections, won a lawsuit after he was denied the use of men's restrooms and insurance coverage because he is transgender. That same year, EerieAnna Good and Carol Beal, two transgender women, also won a suit against Iowa's Department of Human Services for denying them Medicaid coverage for their gender-affirming surgeries. In both instances, the courts found that denials of equal coverage violated gender identity protections in the state's Civil Rights Act. Now, the Iowa bill throws the future of these protections into jeopardy. The bill, SF 418, defines sex based on a person's anatomy at birth and mirrors the language of President Donald Trump's executive order declaring that there are 'only two sexes, male and female' as well as other state-level legislation attempting to redefine sex in a way that erases legal recognition of transgender people. Since Trump signed his executive order in the first hours of his presidency, incarcerated transgender women housed in women's prison facilities have been moved to men's facilities and numeroustransgender people have been denied the ability to change the sex marker on their passports and other federal documents. Advocates for LGBTQ rights, equity in schools and religious freedom in Iowa denounced the bill's passage, arguing that an attack on any protected class threatens the broader safety of all Iowans. 'By adding 'separate but equal' doctrine into Iowa code, our lawmakers have taken our state back to the 1890s,' Becky Tayler, the executive director of Iowa Safe Schools, said in a statement. 'This is a shameful day in the history of our state.'
