STUART – Felony charges have been filed in a shooting and death that police are investigating as a homicide in Stuart. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation reports 46-year-old Austin Nichols Reed has been charged with Murder in the 1st degree and Attempted Murder of a Police Officer. He’s accused of killing 42-year-old Toni Elena-Ann Salazar. On Tuesday afternoon, law enforcement officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired. Iowa State Trooper Chase Carruthers was among the first to arrive, encountered Reed, and was shot by him with a shotgun. Carruthers is in stable condition, but remains hospitalized.
ATLANTIC – The former director of the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce received probation after a guilty plea related to theft charges. WHO-13 reports 34-year-old Bailey Smith is convicted of 1st degree theft and unauthorized use of a credit card. Two other charges were dropped in the case, and received five years of probation. Smith is accused of making more than 700 personal transactions using the chamber’s funds totaling just under $27,000.
IOWA – Eight Iowa high schools cancelled their upcoming football seasons due to low participation numbers. KCCI-TV reports Davis County, Central Decatur, New London, Exira-EHK, Lone Tree, Mormon Trail, Rockford and Siouxland Christian will not have athletes suit up on the gridiron this fall. Davis County made their announcement last week.
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