(Radio Iowa) – A man who authorities say is a member of a Waterloo gang has been sentenced to over three years in federal prison on a gun charge. Twenty-seven year old Sir Frank Nelson the third of Waterloo was arrested after a traffic stop in mid-2020. According to court records, police found marijuana and a stolen semi-automatic pistol in the vehicle. Nelson pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in May.

Prosecutors in northern Iowa have also announced a 29-year-old man from Hawarden has pleaded guilty to two federal drug charges after he was caught in a group selling meth in the Sioux City area. A news release from the U-S Attorney’s Office indicates an undercover buyer paid five-thousand dollars for the meth. Court records indicate Jose Duenas-Topete admits he received pounds of meth for distribution in Woodbury and Plymouth Counties. He’ll be sentenced later.

(Atlantic, Iowa) -You may not realize it, but Atlantic is home to a squadron of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP). In fact, there are nine CAP units in Iowa. The Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron is headquartered in the American Legion Building (The Armory), at 201 Poplar Street. You can meet some of the leaders, both adult and youth on Sunday, October 16, beginning at 2-p.m. Learn about services citizens in the county receive from the national and local, CAP. Stacy Condie, 1st Lieutenant Unit Commander, other adults and Cadets will present the program sponsored by ARISE, and you’re invited to meet these present and future leaders.

The Civil Air Patrol is a congressionally chartered organization related to the United States Air Force. It was organized in 1941 just before WWII and served many purposes during the War. CAP remains active carrying out three mandated program areas: aerospace education, cadet programs and emergency services.

The program this Sunday, is sponsored by ARISE, and supported by the Atlantic Community Promotion Commission. Everyone is welcome to the handicapped accessible American Legion Memorial Building. There is no fee to attend.

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday in a case where a woman sued the state for negligence after a multi-state fugitive being chased by a State Trooper ran into her car in central Iowa. The Polk County district court judge ruled Amber Martinez’s lawsuit involving the chase by Trooper Brett Tjepkes could go forward. Attorney David Ranscht, argued for the state that there is no case. “No reasonable jury could conclude on this record which you have in front of you in video format and including audio as well that Sergeant Tjepkes acted recklessly so you should reverse and remand with instructions to enter summary judgment for the state,” he says.

The fugitive, Scott Grimes, had sped away at speeds of 90 miles an hour in Urbandale and was running through stoplights, when Trooper Tjepkes cut off the pursuit just before the crash. “That’s when you see Sergeant Tjepkes say ‘okay it’s going too far I’m going to shut this down’,” Ranscht says. Ranscht says that’s an indication there was no negligence in the case. Martinez’s lawyer, Molly Hamilton, says the district court ruling correctly said the issue should go to a jury. “There was a threshold finding of recklessness and there are facts to support that threshold finding to leave the question of recklessness to a jury,” Hamilton says. She says the radio transmissions the trooper had with other officers prior to trying to stop Grimes are an indication he started the pursuit despite the risk.

“Officer Tjepkes says three times, ‘If we don’t get him in the right place, if he runs, if there’s a pursuit there’s going to be disaster, there’s going to be a problem three times.’ And so, that is to me, that is the not just probable injury. He is consciously aware of that risk,” Hamilton says. Hamilton says Trooper Tjepkes had the duty to avoid that risk and the eventual injury to her client and her kids from the crash. The Supreme Court will consider the arguments and rule at a later date.

(Red Oak, Iowa) – Sheriff’s Deputies in Montgomery County responded at around 10:50-p.m. Thursday, to a reported assault in progress. The incident occurred in the 1900 block of 203rd Street, in Red Oak. Upon investigation and a brief search, Deputies – assisted by Red Oak Police – arrested Michael Josephson for Domestic Assault/1st offense. He was booked into and held at the Montgomery County Jail. Red Oak Rescue also assisted at the scene.