Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:00 a.m. CDT
BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor says no charges will be filed against a policeman who shot and killed a fleeing 27-year-old Burlington resident. Assistant Iowa Attorney General Scott Brown concluded Thursday that the Oct. 1 shooting of Marquis Jones by Burlington officer Chris Chiprez was a justifiable homicide.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit against authorities who unsuccessfully sought to convict an Iowa woman in the 1983 deaths of her estranged husband and his girlfriend. U.S. District Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger ruled that Theresa Supino’s defamation claims against Jasper County’s sheriff and county attorney lacked an adequate legal basis. Supino was acquitted of first-degree murder charges in 2015.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Safety regulators have shut down the Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking case in which 10 immigrants died in Texas. Pyle Transportation has been placed under an “out-of-service order” by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after a review found the company’s safety rating was so unsatisfactory that it was unfit to remain in business. Dozens of immigrants were found packed inside a Pyle semitrailer outside a San Antonio Walmart in July.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol says a man pulled over in Des Moines after a car pursuit told state troopers that he wanted to be chased because it was on his bucket list. Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the man refused to halt Thursday morning when a trooper tried to stop him on Interstate 80. He finally stopped after leaving the interstate and was taken into custody. That’s when the 46-year-old shared his bucket list story.