Thursday, December 1, 2016

PELLA, IA (IRN) – A pickup truck crashed through the front doors of the Pella Walmart this morning. KNIA/KRLS Radio reports there are three fatalities and an unknown number of injuries.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Des Moines police were called to a report of a bank robbery at the Bank of America at East Army Post Road this morning. KCCI-TV reports the teller told police the suspect showed a gun and demanded money. The robber was in and out of the bank in less than a minute, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash.

OTTUMWA, IA (IRN) – An 18-year-old Ottumwa man has been charged in connection with the shooting of a 16-year-old. WHO-TV reports the victim suffered a gunshot wound to the head, and is in critical condition. Venhure Tsegay has been charged with attempted murder.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A car crashed into a Casey’s General Store Wednesday in Des Moines, according to KCCI-TV. The driver lost control of the car, it went through a brick wall, left skid marks on the floor, then crashed into the cooler at the back of the store where it finally stopped. The driver of the vehicle and two Casey’s customers were injured.

IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City man is facing felony burglary charges for breaking into an apartment for a Wi-Fi password. KGAN-TV reports a woman found 27-year-old Christopher Cummings inside her apartment. Cummings is her upstairs neighbor who had asked for the password before, and she told him he couldn’t have it. He told police he had broken into the apartment so he could get the password. If convicted, he could serve five years in prison.

MUSCATINE, IA (IRN) – A Muscatine man has donated more than five tons of food to a local food drive. WQAD-TV reports Troy ‘Stinky’ Philpott dropped off 11,400 pounds of food Wednesday. Philpott collects all the food during his annual haunted house, which he creates in his own home. ‘Stinky’s House of Horrors’ takes over his garage, basement, living room and kitchen, and the only cost to enter is a non-perishable food item. Philpott says the line to get in often stretches down the block.