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CRIME & SAFETY
Charles City duo accused of stealing over $100,000 from elderly victim
CHARLES CITY, Iowa – One not guilty plea is entered in a case of two people accused of stealing over $100,000 from an elderly person in Floyd County. Sondra B. Newberry, 65 of Charles City, and Charmaine R. Carr, 37 of Charles City, are charged with financial exploitation of an older individual.
Man Who Kidnapped & Raped in New Hampton Has Died in Prison
A Minnesota man serving prison time for a kidnapping and rape in New Hampton has died at the Anamosa State Penitentiary, according to the Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. 42 year old Travis Alve died Wednesday afternoon. His body was sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office to determine a cause of death. Foul play is not suspected. Alve and another man, Rick Brandes, met a woman at a New Hampton bar in 2005. Later, they held that woman at Brandes’ apartment, threatened her with a knife, and sexually assaulted her. Alve was serving a 55 year sentence for second degree Sexual Abuse. Brandes was found guilty of first degree Kidnapping and was sentenced to life in prison. He died in prison last year.
Life sentence handed down for 2012 shotgun slaying in Chickasaw County
NEW HAMPTON, Iowa – Almost 12 years after a Chickasaw County man was gunned down in his home, his killer has been sentenced. Randy Lee Patrie, 51, has been ordered to spend the rest of his life in prison without the chance of parole. Patrie was convicted of first-degree...
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