Whitehill and matt stephenson. The state charged polson for attempted murder for those two shootings but the jury chose the lesser charge. Stephenson avoided injury but whitehill was shot in the back and neck and has permanent nerve damage a result of the shooting. Polson was also found guilty on two counts of willful injury as well as all the drug and weapons charges he faced. Polson showed little emotion as the verdict was read and was immediately taken into custody without bond. I did have a chance to speak to a few of the victims and they were still trying to process the verdict and did not want to go on camera. Polson will be sentenced in december on all nine charges. With just the attempted murder, assault and willful injury charges polson faces up to 50 years in prison. A man is dead after exchanging gun fire with police in cedar rapids. It all started around 1030 last night when an officer pulled over car on suspicion of drug activity. But when the vehicle stopped 21 yearold Jo
Investigators are still looking into the cause of a fire that torched a business in menlo. Crews responded to the five hundred block of sherman street overnight. Flames were shooting through the roof of sargent custom cabinets. It took about eight hours to get the fire under control. Firefighters say paint and other Flammable Materials made it difficult. The building is a total loss. A former Lincoln High School teacher is charged with public exposure. The Des Moines School district says Michael Madson resigned from his position tuesday. On saturday, police say the 60 year old exposed himself to a Woman Working at valley west mall. The charge is a simple economics, marketing, and computers at the school for about 29 years. A des moines man facing vehicular homicide charges was back in court, today. Troy mure, junior appeared at a preliminary hearing. Police say he was drunk and driving recklessly when he crashed into a tree last month, killing his passenger, scalicity perez. Mure claim