01/22/21
An Iowa City man who gave a false out of state ID to an officer who stopped him for speeding has been arrested on weapons charges.
28-year-old Freeman Carter of Whispering Meadow Drive was stopped just before 10:15pm Thursday after police observed him going 40 miles an hour in a 25 mile an hour zone on the 1300 block of Dover Street.
When prompted, Carter allegedly produced an ID from Minnesota identifying him as a totally different person with a birthdate nearly five years later than his own. He reportedly admitted that the ID wasn’t his to police.
A search allegedly found a glass pipe with burnt marijuana residue inside. They also located a .22 caliber pistol in a brown bag on the floor of the passenger seat. A check of records showed that Carter doesn’t have a permit to carry.
1/6/21
Defiantly rolling a joint and smoking it in front of police officers has led to the arrest of a local transient.
Iowa City Police were called to an address on Whispering Meadow Drive just after 7pm Tuesday for a reported no-contact order violation. Arriving officers found 36-year-old transient Joni Reed inside the master bedroom. The home’s resident told investigators he came home to find an intoxicated Reed inside his house.
Police say Reed yelled at them for “quite some time” and refused to comply with their commands. She then rolled a marijuana joint in front of them and began smoking it.