DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – Iowa soon will require that ignition interlocks have cameras so drivers required to take breath tests don’t have other people start the drivers’ vehicles. The Des Moines Register reports the vehicles would still start, but the drivers could lose their restricted driver’s licenses and be charged with crimes after the ignition interlock company notifies the state that other people blew into the devices.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA (IRN) – Council Bluffs police have identified and arrested the man accused in a December carjacking in the parking lot of Horseshoe Casino. KETV reports John Edward McAuliffe, Jr. allegedly shot a man and took his car. The victim later recovered.
CEDAR COUNTY, IA (IRN) – A Quad Cities ambulance rolled on Interstate 80 Sunday afternoon near West Branch. KCRG-TV reports two crew members were transporting a patient at the time of the rollover. The Iowa State Patrol said the driver of the ambulance likely lost control of the vehicle on the icy road, causing it to topple and end up on its roof.
LONG GROVE, IA (IRN) – Two people were arrested and charged with multiple drug and weapons violations during a drug task force bust in rural Scott County on Friday. WQAD-TV reports three one-pot meth labs were recovered along with numerous chemicals, a shotgun, and ammunition.
FOREST CITY, IA (IRN) – A man who authorities say spent years pretending to be someone else is back in custody. KIMT-TV reports 57-year-old Wendell Keith Hunter of Forest City pleaded guilty to identity theft and fraudulent use of a birth certificate. Law enforcement says Hunter used that birth certificate and a Pennsylvania voter ID card to pass himself off as someone named Daniel Hughes, getting a job a 3M in Winnebago County in 2014. He was apprehended in Tennessee.
NEWTON, IA (IRN) – A World War II veteran from Newton has finally received the medals he deserves. WHO-TV reports Corporal Kenneth Arthur was in the artillery. On Sunday, Senator Joni Ernst presented Arthur with the medals from his service. Arthur suffered multiple injuries during combat, including the loss of his left eye. Arthur says, “I don’t want to see another war, they are not good for nobody.”