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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, May 25th 2018

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May 25th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:48 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A popular Democrat’s exit from the Iowa governor’s race Thursday amid sexual misconduct allegations could impact the party’s efforts to coalesce behind the eventual nominee and regain power in a state that has moved sharply to the right in recent years. Nate Boulton, a Des Moines attorney and state senator, suspended his campaign less than 24 hours after The Des Moines Register reported three women alleged he touched them inappropriately several years ago.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former housing programs manager for the city of Davenport has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of concealing a camera in an apartment employee bathroom. The Quad-City Times reports that 46-year-old Roy DeWitt filed a written waiver of a formal arraignment on eight counts of invasion of privacy. . On Thursday, a judge set a trial date of June 25. DeWitt was fired March 19.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Uber driver has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman who was getting a ride from downtown Iowa City to her home last October. Television station KCRG reports that 37-year-old Ali Alshiek has been charged with third-degree sexual abuse, a crime punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Police say a woman reported that Alshiek picked her up for what should have been an 8-minute ride, but took a longer, indirect route and forcibly assaulted her while she was in the car.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A former Omaha Tribal Council member has pleaded guilty to misusing federal funds. The Sioux City Journal reports that Rodney Morris pleaded guilty Thursday in Omaha’s U.S. District Court to one count of misapplication of health care benefit program funds. Morris was one of nine tribal officials charged in a case that accused the officials of misusing federal funds by awarding nearly $389,000 in bonuses to themselves from Indian Health Service funds.