DES MOINES – This week, the final defendant in a multi-Indictment, 17-defendant gang investigation involving the Only My Brothers street gang was sentenced to federal prison. All had previously pled guilty or been found guilty following a jury trial. The OMB members were charged with various crimes in federal court, including RICO conspiracy, fentanyl distribution, possessing machineguns, straw purchasing firearms, firearms trafficking, and illegally possessing firearms. According to public court documents, OMB engaged in a wide range of criminal activity for three years, including attempted murders, at least 30 gang-related shootings, the distribution of over 22 kilograms of fentanyl, as well as a number of convenience store armed robberies in the Des Moines metro.

IOWA – Through the Safe Haven Law, two baby girls, born February 8 and February 12, are now in the care and custody of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will be placed with foster families until permanent placement is determined. This brings the overall total to 76 infants since the law went into effect more than two decades ago. Iowa’s Safe Haven Act is an option for parents in crisis who determine they cannot care for an infant up to 90 days old. Designated safe havens are locations like hospitals and police and fire stations.

ANKENY – A licensed bounty hunter was arrested in Ankeny as he’s being accused of impersonating a police officer on multiple occasions. WHO-13 reports 30-year-old Dustin Joseph McGee acted as if he was with law enforcement while searching for a fugitive who had failed to appear in court. McGee allegedly presented a fake search warrant to a homeowner in Johnston during the search. That person told Ankeny police that a member of McGee’s team admitted they were bounty hunters. McGee is accused of searching a Des Moines residence a few days later in a vehicle that had sirens mimicking a police car. He also allegedly searched an Ankeny resident seven times in search of the fugitive.