BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — The last of of those convicted in the 2017 killing of a Burlington man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Hawk Eye reports that 32-year-old Emmanuel Spann was sentenced Monday in Des Moines County District Court for the killing of 26-year-old Demarcus “Peanut” Chew on Sept. 10, 2017, outside his mother’s apartment in Burlington. A jury in February found Spann guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy.

Spann was one of five men charged in Chew’s death. Prosecutors say the five men followed Chew from Expose nightclub in Gulfport, Illinois, to his mother’s home in Burlington.

The Mills County Sheriff’s Department reports an Underwood man was arrested Tuesday afternoon at the Pottawattamie County Jail, on a Mills County warrant for Forgery. 23-year old Kaleb Jack Knight was being held in the Mills County Jail on a $5,000 bond.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police in Des Moines have arrested a woman accused of keeping 11 exotic birds in deplorable conditions. The Des Moines Register reports that 63-year-old Deborah Barber faces charges of four counts of animal neglect. She was arrested Tuesday after police conducted a search of her home in late October and discovered the living conditions of the birds.

Animal Rescue League of Iowa spokesperson Stephanie Filer says three Moluccan cockatoos, four Goffin’s cockatoos, two Amazon parrots and two cockatiels were rescued from Barber’s home. Filer says the birds were found in “filthy enclosures” and suffered health problems, including one that had self-mutilation wounds caused by stress.

The Creston Police Department reports three people were arrested on separate charges, Tuesday, and one person was arrested this (Wednesday) morning. Tuesday afternoon, 40-year-old Aaron Riepe, of Creston, was arrested at his residence on two counts of Theft 2nd. He was released from the Union County Jail on a $10,000 bond. And, 36-year-old Amanda Speed (Jones), of Creston, was arrested in the 400 block of N. Mulberry, on the charge of Violation of a Protection Order. She was being held in the Adams County Jail while awaiting bond hearing.

Tuesday evening, 31-year-old Kenny Cunningham, of Shannon City, was arrested at Taylor/Birch in Creston, for Driving While Suspended. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond. And, at around 2:50-a.m. today (Wednesday), 34-year-old Cory Mitchell, of Thayer, was arrested at 1700 W. Townline, in Creston, for Public Intoxication. He was later released from the Union County Jail on a $300 bond.