Counts of driving under the influence. Resulti ng in serious bodily injury. Abc 9s lukas voss met with victims family today. Lukas . In thank you deborah. It was the Early Morning hours of january 19th, 2014. Tami allison got a call. The call that nobody wants to get. There has been an accident. Your two daughters are involved. From there its blank. For some. Charges and the nearing of a sentencing brings closure. For tami. Its the opposit. Sot it was very emotionally draining on all of us and it was hard. It was reliving the accident really. Vo the accident that changed tamis life forever. Her daughter Tiffany Schmitt was killed. At the hands of a drunk driver. The unthinkable happened and it struck without warning. Its always somebody else. You never think its going to happen to someone in your family, especially your children. And to tami. Preventing what happened to her is as call a friend or a family. Its not worth the risk. Its not worth the risk. Tiffany. Or just affectionaly ca
And releasing video filmed on a body camera. Our contact, as you well know, is very personal. It might not be criminal, it might not be evidentiary, but its a very personal communication that goes on there says chief dave young, Sioux City Police department. Im ok with it provided the individuals who are on the tape have an opportunity to release or authorize the release of that information says pete groetken, city council. Another issue. Storage. Although the police chief is working to plement a standard for officers to turn eir cameras on and off, they will virtually be running 247. Therefore, not only will the department have to pay the intial price for the cameras, but need a chunk of change to store video as well. Sometimes data needs to be kept for a long period of time to make sure that it goes through the court system. Is it evidence . It might be something that needs to be kept forever, and youll be paying for that for a long period of time says chief dave young, Sioux City Po
Stacey kccis todd magel is live at the iowa statehouse where the governor announced a stop on any Syrian Refugees in iowa. Todd given in stacy, the governor simply said it is too dangerous to allow any Syrian Refugees into the state at this time. But that really goes against a long tradition of this state allowing people into the state who are hurting and in need around the world. Its a very delicate and dangerous situation. We dont want to become like europe where they let all these refugees in. Todd Governor Terry branstad blames the growing threat of isis and the paris terror attacks on the new crack down. So, hes ordered all state agencies to halt any work on syrian refugee resettlements immediately, in order to ensure the security and safety of iowans. Branstad isnt the only one worried about the threat of Syrian Refugees imbedded with possible terrorists. Iowa congressman steve king says opening the doors to refugees in iowa is a bad idea. Today. I believe that the immigration si
Developments about the paris attacks. Shaina a Major Police Operation underway in belgium. They are involved in a manhunt for the only terror attack or surviving attacker surviving. Police and france also rated 100 68 sites overnight as part of their investigation. A french official revealed a suspected mastermind behind the attacks also coordinated the attack on a paris bound train this summer, that was thwarted. France carried out more strikes on isis overnight. Nikole French Defense Officials Say they took out several isis targets overnight in coordination with u. S. Forces. Retaliating for the worst attack on its homefront since World War Two france unleashed a wave of massive airstrikes against isis pounding the militant groups , defacto capital in syria. This is in a war context. Nikole back in paris a city on edge. French officals reported over 150 police raids overnight. And authorities launched an International Manhunt for a key suspect. In turkey Global Leaders , including pr
Outfit for an ugly christmas sweater party. So, he, too, will be back. While these shoppers will battle crowds at the mall this weekend, hundreds of other iowans like Morgan Wright morgan im about to travel to ecuador to go see my husband. Kim are heading out of town for the holidays. Des moines airport Officials Say this is a busy travel weekend, but lines shouldnt be too long. Still, they recommend arriving an hour and a half ahead of your flight. Thats no problem for morgan, whos been waiting 10 months to see her husband. Morgan we havent seen each other for a while, and were just so excited to be reunited. Kim good news, if you have havent finished your holiday shopping. Experts say most stores slash prices as it gets closer to christmas. Kurtis, nice weather for shoppers this weekend, too. Kurtis pretty nice, a little chilly out there really getting up early tomorrow to get a head start, temperatures will be 17 in ottumwa, a bit of a wind chill tomorrow. The wind will select pick