DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A former Des Moines police officer has been criminally charged in relation to allegations that he planted evidence in a narcotics case in 2015. The Des Moines Register reports 30-year-old Tyson Teut was charged with felonious misconduct in office and perjury. A second officer, Joshua Judge, who was also accused in this case, has not been charged. Teut and Judge resigned from the Des Moines Police Department in December. Both were senior police officers assigned to patrol.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa Republican Party leader who is running for state treasurer has been ordered to stay away from his ex-fiance after tracking her whereabouts using the “Find iPhone” app and allegedly threatening her. KWWL-TV reports a judge has granted a temporary restraining order against former U.S. Army captain John Thompson, a member of the Iowa GOP’s state central committee and currently the only candidate challenging Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald in 2018. Thompson denied wrongdoing, saying the allegations were meant to embarrass him.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Authorities in Des Moines are investigating the city’s 22nd homicide this year after a man was shot at a convenience store last night. When police arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died.
DUBUQUE, IA (IRN) – A Dubuque woman was killed Tuesday after she was pinned between her lawnmower and air conditioner, according to the Telegraph Herald. Officers say the woman, who was in her 60’s, was mowing when she became trapped.
ELDORA, IA (IRN) – An investigation is underway after Eldora EMS discovered that the group’s supply of Dilaudid, an opioid pain medication, had been partially removed with a syringe and replaced with another substance prior to being given to patients. KCCI-TV reports officials say it is likely someone replaced the stolen pain medication with saline. A federal investigation is underway.
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The man who orchestrated one of the biggest lottery fraud cases in U.S. history will spend up to a quarter century in prison. WHO-TV reports Eddie Tipton was handed a 25-year prison sentence Tuesday. Tipton admitted to using his job at the Multi-State Lottery Association to “fix” the Hot Lotto drawings. He and a group of family and friends fraudulently won millions of dollars in drawings across the Midwest.