CHICKASAW COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Nashua man is behind bars on sexual abuse charges. KIMT-TV reports 38-year-old William Maurice Dooly was charged with three counts of 2nd-degree sexual abuse, all class “B” felonies. Dooly allegedly sexually abused victims who were 4, 6 and 7 years old in 2013 in a camper bathroom. In one of the allegations, he is accused of abusing a 6-year-old and threatening the victim with a loaded gun.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa City man charged with sexually assaulting numerous students and employees on the University of Iowa campus has taken a plea deal. KGAN-TV reports 34-year-old Adam Weinstein entered an Alford plea Tuesday to assault with intent to commit injury and assault with intent to commit sexual abuse. In an Alford plea, a person doesn’t admit guilt but acknowledges there is enough evidence for a likely conviction. Police say Weinstein sexually assaulted, groped and harassed at least eight women on the campus during a 15-hour period in 2015.
AMES, IA (IRN) – An Ames woman charged with involuntary manslaughter in the opioid overdose of her fiancée pled guilty to a lesser charge of possession of a controlled substance, according to KCCI-TV. Ames police say 22-year-old Sadie Dalgliesh purchased the drug known as U-4 that killed her fiancée, 25-year-old Tashara Burnside. Burnside’s mother says the plea deal is “a punch in the gut.”
DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – The City of Des Moines is considering a plan to turn one of the city’s oldest eyesores into something new. WHO-TV reports the city is considering building a new police department headquarters at the Dico Superfund site near Martin Luther King Parkway and Fleur Drive which has sat empty for years. The current century-old police building is too small. Lack of space has forced the department into seven smaller buildings.
IOWA CITY, IA (IRN) – Iowa City is the one of the drunkest cities in the nation according to USA Today. Almost a quarter of Iowa City residents binge drink or drink excessively. Overall, Iowa is the seventh drunkest state. Most of our nation’s drunkest cities and states are in the midwest.
KEYSTONE, IA (IRN) – An Eastern Iowa girl is going to be on national TV Sunday for her volunteer work, according to KCRG-TV. Raegan Junge from Keystone founded Raegan’s Relief Efforts and has raised more than $23,000 to donate and deliver products to natural disaster victims. She will join three other teens for the Nickelodeon Halo Awards. Reagan says she hopes other kids watch the HALO awards and are inspired to volunteer.