POLK COUNTY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa man will spend the rest of his life in prison for kidnapping and sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. A Polk County jury convicted 65-year-old Michael D. Dunbar, of Saylor Township, of first-degree kidnapping and second-degree sexual abuse. He was sentenced to life in prison Friday. Dunbar offered the girl a ride while she was in a store and then waiting for a bus in Des Moines. He then drove her to a different location than her destination and assaulted her in the vehicle before she escaped.

DES MOINES, IA (IRN) – A Dallas Center woman was sentenced to prison last week for stealing over $270,000 from the Federal Employees’ Group Life Insurance program. The woman used the money for large purchases and posted videos about the purchases on TikTok. Jordyn Darion Culp, 28, stole over $273,000 from the program. She purchased a motorcycle, a motorhome, and a cargo trailer with the stolen funds.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – Cedar Rapids Police say there are increasing reports of vehicles being broken into and items being stolen. They say lock your vehicles, don’t leave valuables in them, and pay attention to your surroundings. Thieves often target locations like gyms, store parking lots and places where cars sit for extended periods of time, but it’s also a problem at convenience stores.

AMES, IA (IRN) – ISU has some fuzzy new animals at the university’s insect zoo. It just received a donation of 170 baby tarantulas. The spiders were confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Officials suspect they were being trafficked by illegal pet traders.