Thursday, November 3, 2016

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Three people are in custody today after an armed robbery overnight at Domino’s Pizza in Iowa City. KWWL-TV reports two people with guns entered the restaurant, forced four people to give them money, and then locked them in the cooler. Police located the vehicle the suspects fled in, and a chase ensued. The chase ended at Coral Ridge mall where the three were taken into custody. No injuries were reported.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A medical license is being reinstated for a Des Moines doctor acquitted of manslaughter. The Des Moines Register reports that Daniel Baldi was accused of improperly prescribing large amounts of painkillers to patients, including Paul Gray, founder of the band Slipknot. Baldi was found not guilty of seven counts of involuntary manslaughter in 2014. He continues to deny any wrongdoing.

URBANDALE, IA (IRN) – Urbandale police confirm they were familiar with Scott Michael Greene, the suspect in the killing of two metro Des Moines police officers. Video shared on YouTube shows the suspect in an altercation with officers at an Urbandale football game. Greene was escorted from school grounds after he taunted African-Americans in the crowd with a Confederate flag.

FORT MADISON, IA (IRN) – A former drainage district board member has been convicted of falsifying documents regarding his employees taking dirt without permission to repair a levee near Fort Madison. The Daily Gate City reports that Michael Pieper ordered his company employees to take the dirt. The dirt value was estimated at around $93,000.

MANCHESTER, IA (IRN) – An eastern Iowa judge accused of assaulting her husband has taken a plea deal. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports 49-year-old Stephanie Rattenborg of Manchester pled guilty to disorderly conduct. Randall Rattenborg says his wife threw a water bottle at him and began hitting him because she’d learned he was having an extramarital affair. Her record will be cleared if she abides by court-imposed restrictions for a year.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Acts of kindness and an outpouring of support can be felt across the Des Moines metro after two police officers were killed early Wednesday. KCCI-TV reports in Urbandale, a woman brought water to an officer, and offered him a hug in an emotional moment captured on video that has gone viral. Memorials have sprung up at the Des Moines and Urbandale Police stations, as the communities, Iowa, and our nation mourns.

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