Enforcement career went thud. He engaged in zero receives corrupt transactions in which he sought and accepted bribes in the form of money, expensive vacations, airline tickets, a jaguar xk8 convertible, expensive furniture. Its a distressing to imagine Public Servant tasked with enforcing the law who could put quid pro quo ahead of justice for all. Reporter williams has been under investigation by the fbi and u. S. Attorney for months. One charge accuses him of taking over 20,000 in gifts from a Business Owner in exchange for help with security screening at airport. The corrupt scream of payments came in the form of 2,000 that cash, 7,000 check which mr. Williams deposit flood his personal account, and all inn clues sill vacation to to punica kanta worth about 6,300. In second incident involving another businessman, williams tried to help his friend with Liquor License problems in california and gave him a badge for the da office. Mr. Williams stood ready to help business own are in n
Sought and septembered bribes in the form of money, expensive vacations, airline tickets, a jaguar xk8 convertible, expensive furniture. Reporter charismatic williams has been under investigation by the f bit. And u. S. Attorney for months. One charge accuses him of taking over 20,000 in gifts from a Business Owner in exchange for help with security screening at airports and help for a friend with a criminal case. The corrupt stream of payments came in the form of 2,000 in cash, a 7,000 check, which mr. Williams deposited into his personal account, all inclusive vacation to pun at a kanta in the doug dominican repc about 6,300. In a second incident involving another businessman williams tried to help his friend with Liquor License problems in california and gave him a badge for the das office. Mr. Williams stood ready to help Business Owner number two as needed. Mr. Williams appoint Business Owner number two as special adviser to the District Attorneys Office and gave him an official b
District attorney Seth Williams is in indicted. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney lucy is off. The distric District Attorney ig long list of charges, including fraud, bribery and corruption. Fox 29s has Team Coverage following these bombshell charges. Chris oconnell has been combing the 50 page indictment. We start tonight with Dave Schratwieser whose life outside fbi headquarters in center city. Dave. Reporter iain, Seth Williams new attorney tells me tonight he will vigorously defend himself against these charges, and that he vehemently denied ever doing anything to impact a criminal case in his office. Having said that, he will be here in federal Court Tomorrow afternoon to face federal corruption charges. From dinners and cocktails at the press teaches union league to a good cigar from holts on walnut street, Seth Williams had a taste for the finer things in life. But tuesday, he went from high profile prosecutor to accused criminal. He engaged in zero receivers corrupt
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Developing this morning in Iowa City Police are looking for more information after a man approached a young girl walking home from school and offered to give her a ride home. Home. The 9yearold was walking home from Lemme Elementary School along washingtion street around 4 thirty tuesday. The girl told police she was on the phone with her mother at the time and ran to a nearby church. Church. Officers were not able to find the suspect. Anyone with information is asked to call iowa city number on this screen. Its also posted online at cbs 2 iowa dot com. A 7yearold waterloo boy is in the hospital this morning after being hit by a pick up truck last night. Night. It happened on westeleventh street. Waterloo police say the boy was unconscious when they arrived. The boy was first taken to Covenant Medical Center and then flown to iowa City Hospitals with life threatening injuries. No names were given out as to those involved. Right now police the number of homes burglarized in cedar rapids