DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa woman is facing charges that she took $71,000 from the company where she worked as a part-time bookkeeper. The Scott County Sheriff’s Department says 42-year-old Jennifer Michele Farmer-Thiesen is charged with an ongoing criminal activity and first-degree theft, both felonies.

Deputy Eric Roloff says in an arrest affidavit that from June 2015 to December 2017, Farmer-Thiesen used her company’s credit cards to make personal purchases totaling $71,000.

The Quad-City Times reports Farmer-Thiesen allegedly concealed the purchases by altering the company’s Quick Book’s software.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Police are investigating a report of a sexual assault at Iowa State University. Deputy Chief Carrie Jacobs says a woman reported the assault to campus police Thursday evening but further details were not immediately available.

Jacobs says the woman is not a student and it’s unclear if she was assaulted on or off campus. Authorities were notified of the case while she was at a hospital.
No suspect information was released Friday.

The Des Moines Register reports that in a separate case, a 20-year-old Sioux City man was charged in late March with three counts of third-degree sexual abuse in late March after authorities said he sexually assaulted an Iowa State student in September in her dorm.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The owners of a former Sioux City riverboat casino have agreed to pay $1.5 million to a nonprofit group that had filed a lawsuit over unpaid revenue-sharing funds. The Community Action Agency of Siouxland and the Belle of Sioux City reached a settlement last month, the Sioux City Journal reported. Belle operated the Argosy Sioux City riverboat casino.

The nonprofit sued Belle and Penn National Gaming Inc., the Belle’s parent company, in Nov. 2016 for monthly revenue-sharing payments that the companies withheld from the Missouri River Historical Development Inc. The MRHD collected and distributed the casino’s gambling profits to charitable and civic organizations.
Belle stopped making the payments, which were 3 percent of the boat’s adjusted gross revenues, in May 2013 after it sued MRHD for breach of contract.

“I feel this money was owed to our community, and I’m proud to have played a role in recovering that money. I think it’s going to make a big difference for some of (the nonprofit agencies),” said Jean Logan, executive director of the Community Action Agency. More than 50 agencies can claim a $10,000 share of the settlement, Logan said. The settlement shares don’t have restrictions, so agencies have the freedom to decide how they spend the money, she said. “It’s not very often that money comes to us as nonprofits without a lot of strings attached,” Logan said.

Penn National Gaming is pleased the matter has been settled, said Jeff Morris, vice president of Public Affairs and Government Relations at the company. The breach of contract lawsuit involving MRHD is pending in Polk County District Court.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports one person was arrested Friday evening, and another early this (Saturday) morning. 20-year old Benjamin Parra Morena, of Lenox, was arrested a little after 6:30-p.m. Friday, for OWI/drugged- 1st offense. His bond was set at $1,000. And, 25-year old Nathan Allen Aldrich, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 1:10-a.m. today (Saturday), for Driving While Revoked for OWI, and OWI-2nd offense. Aldrich was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash bond. Red Oak Police assisted with the arrest.

Red Oak Police report 59-year old Charles Allen Schrum, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 1-a.m. today (Saturday), for Public Intoxication. Schrum was taken into custody at the intersection of N. 2nd and E. Joy Streets. His cash bond was set at $300.

The Council Bluffs Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in locating 16 year old Sunni Sigmund- Johnson, who left home March 28th, and has not returned. Her mother said Sunni took clothes with her in a navy backpack and a rainbow colored leopard print duffel bag.

She may be staying in Omaha, possibly in the area of the Old Market. Anyone with any information is encouraged to contact the Council Bluffs Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at 712-328-4728, your local police department or Crime Stoppers at 712-328-7867.

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