TOLEDO — Huston William Danker was sentenced on Friday, Oct. 3, to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the June 2021 death of Ryan Cooper. The sentencing took place Friday morning in Tama County District Court, in ...
TOLEDO – For a man of few words, Ryan Cooper’s family members offered up many of their own as part of two powerful victim impact statements made during Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing which took place last Friday, more than two months after she was found guilty of first-degree ...
An individual who was found in the United States after entering illegally on multiple occasions was sentenced on Sept. 22 to 168 days imprisonment. Angel Aranda-Vazquez, 37, a citizen of Mexico, received the prison term after a June 25 guilty plea to being found after illegal reentry. ...
A Toledo man was arrested and taken into custody last Friday after allegedly leading officers on a chase in his motorcycle and reaching speeds over 125 miles per hour. According to a press release issued by the Tama Police Department, an officer attempted to stop a 2004 Yamaha motorcycle for ...
TOLEDO – Following her first-degree murder conviction in July, Karina Sue Cooper’s sentencing hearing has been pushed back. Karina Cooper, now 48, was arrested and charged on Feb. 19, 2024, with first-degree murder in connection with her husband Ryan Cooper’s death following a more than ...
GARWIN – A Garwin man has been arrested and charged with animal neglect following the discovery of a deceased dog at his residence. According to court documents, on Wednesday, Aug. 20 just after 9 p.m., Daltin Allen Dillingham, 26, of Garwin was arrested and charged with driving under ...
IOWA CITY - On what would have been the first day of his murder trial in the death of Ryan Cooper, defendant Huston William Danker, 27, pleaded out to the single charge of murder in the first degree on Tuesday, Aug. 12. According to Keith Greenberg, a producer with Dateline NBC who was ...
A man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sentenced today to 92 days in prison. Yoni Omar Alvarado-Gomes, also known as Jhonny Ramos Campos, 35, a citizen of Honduras, received the prison term after a May 28 guilty plea to one count of being found in the ...
BELLE PLAINE — A Belle Plaine man is facing a litany of charges after allegedly throwing knives at responding law enforcement officers during a standoff at his home in rural Tama County on Sunday, July 27. According to court records, officers were called to a residence between Elberon and ...
A Tama man was arrested on Tuesday evening after allegedly assaulting his neighbor for mowing his yard too late at night and then fleeing the scene when officers arrived. According to a press release from the Tama Police Department, a 911 call was received about a disturbance in the 900 block ...