Waterloo, Iowa drug distribution criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Perpecto Rico-Perez, who was charged with one count of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.

Information disclosed at sentencing and in a plea agreement showed that, on May 25, 2000, Rico-Perez and his brother went to Wildside Creationz, a former auto shop in Waterloo. While they were inside, an alt... More...    $0 (12-18-2020 - IA)

Several weeks of tension came to a tragic end on Independence Day 2008.
That afternoon, Guerrero Cordero entered a repair shop run by his cousin, Miguel
Cano Basurto,2 pulled a handgun from his waistband, and fired multiple shots—
killing Miguel. Guerrero Cordero then fired at other men as they fled the scene,
wounding Hector Casillas in the foot and back.
The conflict ... More...    $0 (09-15-2018 - IA)

A jury convicted Muhammad Anwar of : (1) conspiracy to distribute controlled
substances and controlled substance analogues, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1),
841(b)(1)(c), and 846, and (2) conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation
of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h). The district court1 sentenced Anwar to 240 months’
imprisonment on the first count and 60 months on the second co... More...    $0 (01-28-2018 - IA)

Des Moines Police Sergeant Ronald Kouski had just stepped into QuikTrip
for a hot dog when he “heard a loud screeching noise and then a loud collision.”
Kouski worked as a canine officer and his German Shepard partner was waiting in
the 2009 Crown Victoria. The officer looked out the store’s front window and
discovered a red pickup had struck his patrol car, pushing it across... More...    $0 (01-12-2018 - IA)

Darrell Teeter was murdered on August 11, 2014, at the same location
where he lived and worked, the Main Street Bait Shop in downtown Eldon. The
bait shop was in the front of the building, and Teeter’s residence was in the back.
Teeter had been ill and undergoing dialysis a few days a week, and he had been
prescribed hydrocodone for chronic pain.
A few days prior to hi... More...    $0 (12-24-2017 - IA)

The case was tried to a jury, which found King guilty of the above-stated
offenses but found him not guilty of two other counts, dissemination of obscene
material and indecent exposure. The offense conduct at issue took place between
June 2013 and February 2015. Each of the offenses involved a different victim.
The four victims, K.R., R.F., A.O., and A.B., were teenage girls... More...    $0 (12-06-2017 - IA)

An independent contractor providing liquid manure disposal
services purchased a used Case IH tractor from a John Deere implement
dealer. When the tractor proved to be a “lemon,” the contractor brought
claims against multiple parties, including the implement dealer. The
trial court granted all of the defendants’ motions for summary judgment.
The contractor appealed and we transf... More...    $0 (11-08-2017 - IA)

In July 2015, Hall was charged by trial information with murder in the first
degree and child endangerment resulting in serious injury. His three-year-old
daughter, J.K., was the alleged victim in each instance.
The charges were tried to a jury in January 2016.
The State’s first witness was Hall’s live-in girlfriend, April Clair. Clair
testified J.K. had been staying... More...    $0 (06-15-2017 - IA)

Schmidt and the victim, Robert Nelson, were acquaintances. On
Thursday, December 28, 2006, Nelson’s neighbors heard noises around 10:00
p.m. On December 31, an apartment manager opened Nelson’s apartment and
found his dead body. Police learned that Schmidt was an acquaintance of
Nelson, questioned Schmidt and his girlfriend, and learned that Schmidt had
been renting a c... More...    $0 (06-15-2017 - IA)

The following facts are drawn from the minutes of testimony and the defendant’s in-court admissions. FECR268551. On August 2, 2012, Betty Ann Nall visited Earlham Bank in Des Moines and opened an account with a counterfeit U.S. postal money order in the amount of $890. Nall had received the money order from an internet secret shopper program that she suspected was a scam. On August 3, Nall dep... More...    $0 (05-07-2017 - IA)

On November 10, 2014, a nursing student at Scott Community College
heard a loud scratching sound while walking in the college parking lot. The
student looked up and saw a man wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a
black backpack walking next to a greenish-blue sedan with his right hand out,
apparently scratching the vehicle with something. The student reported the
inci... More...    $0 (01-25-2017 - IA)

Davenport, IA - Davenport Man Sentenced to Prison for Making a False Statement During Purchase of a Firearm

Leonard Deshawn Boyd, 24, of Davenport, Iowa, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for making a false statement during purchase of a firearm. Boyd was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, and pay $100 to the Crime Victims’ Fund.

Boy... More...    $0 (11-17-2016 - IA)

“Although claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are generally preserved for postconviction relief hearings, we will consider such claims on direct appeal where the record is adequate.” State v. Lopez, 872 N.W.2d 159, 169 (Iowa 2015) (citation omitted). The record here is sufficient to reach Lau’s claim challenging her counsel’s performance, and our review of her claim is de novo. See... More...    $0 (10-28-2016 - IA)

On February 14, 2015, a Scott County magistrate issued a search warrant
for the residence and vehicles of Perryellis Stephens, located in Bettendorf, Iowa.
The search warrant application contained information from an anonymous
informant, whose tips began in November 2014 and continued periodically until
February 2015. The informant stated that Stephens and an associate, Ahma... More...    $0 (08-11-2016 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - Former Employee of Iowa City Pipe Dreamz Head Shop Sentenced on Federal Synthetic Drug Charges

A man who worked for the owner of a head shop in Iowa City was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison yesterday in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

Wayne Christopher Watkins, age 40, from Peoria, Illinois, received the prison term after an October 8, 2015 g... More...    $0 (04-22-2016 - IA)

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, 2014, Clark met up with
a friend in the alley behind Clark’s apartment. Clark shared the apartment with
his ex-wife, Nickole Butler,2 whose current husband was in prison. Clark and his
friend spent “a couple of hours” in the alley drinking from a pint of Hennessy
cognac before relocating to a nearby barbershop, where they cont... More...    $0 (03-23-2016 - IA)

In October 2011, police began to suspect Clifford McNeal received
stolen property from a burglary that occurred in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Thereafter, they received an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen
informing them that McNeal had moved a trailer from Ottumwa to a rural
area in Wapello County, Iowa. After police confirmed the location of the
trailer and that it belonged to a comp... More...    $0 (06-19-2015 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - A man who fired several rounds from a handgun at a house after a dispute with its occupants was sentenced yesterday to two and a half years in federal prison.

Marcus Wilson, age 24, from Carbondale, Illinois, received the prison term after a January 15, 2015, guilty plea to possession of a firearm as an unlawful drug user.

In a plea agreement, Wilson admitted t... More...    $0 (05-14-2015 - IA)

Cedar Rapids, IA - A man who was the former owner of the Sound Shop, a Cedar Rapids business, was sentenced today to more than 3 years in federal prison.

Nels Nolan Nelson, 34, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 27, 2014, guilty plea to one count of conspiring to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

At the guilty plea, Nelson a... More...    $0 (04-21-2014 - IA)

C Line, Inc. sued the City of Davenport on a civirl rights violation theory claiming that he was damaged as a direct result of the refusal of the Defendant to allow the Chorus Line business to continue in business when it was sold to a new owner in 2009.

The city denied the club's request to reopen under new ownership in 2009, citing a city ordinance that prohibits two adult entertainment ... More...    $0 (08-09-2013 - IA)

After John Herman’s death, the Estate of John Herman was substituted as the appellant in the instant action. The Estate appeals a district court decision upholding the workers’ compensation commissioner’s denial of benefits for Herman’s right foot injury. Because we find the commissioner’s outright rejection of uncontroverted medical opinions is not supported by substantial evidence when... More...    $0 (05-16-2013 - IA)

Elizabeth Von Linden, a successful business executive, took her own life three weeks after she was discharged as an inpatient from defendant Mercy Hospital’s psychiatric ward and six days after her outpatient office visit with Mercy’s psychiatrist. Her husband brought a wrongful death action against Mercy, alleging negligent care. Mercy raised defenses, including Von Linden’s comparative neg... More...    $0 (06-24-2011 - IA)

Roger Duello ("Duello") sued Buchanan County, Iowa ("County") for wrongful termination, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") and the Iowa Civil Rights Act ("ICRA"). The district court1 granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants, finding that Duello could not prevail under either statute because he was not a "qualified individual" within the meaning of the ADA. Duell... More...    $0 (12-20-2010 - IA)

A gospel music group from Tennessee known as The Swift, Inc., asks us to reverse the district court’s denial of its replevin action seeking to regain possession of its customized touring van. The group’s van broke down in the Quad Cities en route to a concert in Lakota, Iowa. The Swift seeks return of the van from John Sheffey,1 a Davenport mechanic who dismantled its engine. The Swift contend... More...    $0 (11-24-2010 - IA)

Hoot General Construction appeals the district court's1 verdict against it and in favor of John T. Jones Construction in an action brought on a contract between the two companies. Jones, in turn, appeals the district court's refusal to award certain liquidated damages and the district court's decision not to award attorneys fees related to claims against third parties. We affirm.

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After Glena Tjernagel (Tjernagel) was dismissed from her job, she sued her former employer, The Gates Corporation (Gates), under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Iowa Civil Rights Act (ICRA), and the Family Medical consent of the parties pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c).

Leave Act (FMLA).1 The district court2 granted summary judgment for Gates on all claims, concluding Tjernage... More...    $0 (07-15-2008 - IA)

Our case i... More...    $0 (01-17-2008 - IA)

Paul Kearney, individually and on behalf of the estate of Michael Kearney, sued Vito's Bar on a dram shop negligence theory claiming that the defendant negligently continued to sell Daniel Corbett alcohol on New Year's Eve 2003 and that as a direct result he became violent and assaulted and fatally battered Kearney. Kearney, age 22, suffered a fractured skull and died from a blood c... More...    $1 (07-18-2006 - IA)

The family and estate of Sheila Vaughn, age 39, bought a Dram Shop claim against Theo's Restaurant alleging that Theo's employees severed too much alcohol to Anthony and Joseph Murphy on March 29, 2000. The two brothers drove the wrong way down Highway 20, hitting and killing Sheila Vaughn. The plaintiffs alleged that the brothers, who frequently drank at Theo's, were intociated at the time of th... More...    $0 (06-11-2004 - IA)

1The HONORABLE MARK W. BENNETT, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. LaDonna Joens brought this Title VII action against John Morrell & Co. for hostile work environment, sex discrimination, and discriminatory retaliation. See 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a). The district court1 granted summary judgment for Morrell, dismissing all claims. Joens v. John M... More...    $0 (01-20-2004 - IA)

Jane Ann Weber sued Arthur Winker and Cletus Winker d/b/a Glidden Body Shop (collectively "Winkers") and Michael Warnke for injuries resulting from an automobile collision with a vehicle she claimed the Winkers owned. Weber filed a motion for adjudication of law points to determine whether the Winkers in fact owned the vehicle. The district court concluded the Winkers owned the vehicle because t... More...    $0 (01-23-2003 - IA)

Christian Brenneman, as parent and personal representative of Samantha Brenneman and Amanda Brenneman, deceased, appeals from an adverse summary judgment in his action seeking damages for the children's death in an automobile collision. The defendants, Jay Stuelke and Lori Stuelke, are alleged to have been social hosts of the deceased children and one Todd Graham sometime prior to the collision th... More...    $0 (12-24-2002 - IA)

Robin Hill brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Kevin McKinley, Michael Miller, Timothy Shoppe, Barry Thomas, and Jennifer Holmes, all jail guards, Paul Fitzgerald, Sheriff of Story County, Iowa, and Michelle Bahr, the jail matron, violated her Fourth Amendment right to privacy. Hill also alleged a violation of her privacy rights under Iowa state law. The defendants raised... More...    $2500 (11-26-2002 - IA)

Storage - Farm Equipment - Bankruptcy - In September 1988 Cherokee State Bank (the bank) obtained a writ of replevin and had the sheriff take possession of certain personal property of Clark's on September 6, 1988. The personal property included approximately forty-five pieces of farm equipment. The bank and Frank Escue (Escue) ag... More...    $30580 (10-15-1999 - IA)