AMIE RIVERS
GRUNDY CENTER â A state trooper was killed in Grundy Center on Friday night, and the suspected killer is in critical condition with multiple gunshot wounds.
âLast night, Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith died a hero,â said Stephan Bayens, commissioner of the Iowa Department of Public Safety, during a Grundy Center press conference Saturday announcing Smithâs death.
Smith was a 27-year veteran of the patrol as well as a husband and father.
âWe sought the comfort of our loved ones last night as we mourned the loss of our brother,â Bayens said. âSo please pray for the men and women of the Iowa State Patrol. Support us. Help us as we grieve.â
What kind of world do we live in?
An answer to that question came Wednesday evening on the shores of a small pond located just three miles north of DeWitt. It was delivered by a little brown-eyed girl in a too-big hoodie who carried a single yellow rose.
Followed by her mother and her mother s friend, 7-year-old Averee scrambled down an embankment and found the pink teddy bear, bright orange basketball, and three mylar balloons that marked the place where the remains of Breasia Terrell were found last Monday by a pair of fishermen.
Breasia was 10 when she went missing the night of July 9 or the early morning hours of July 10 of last year. After almost nine months of searching and waiting and hoping, the Davenport Police announced Wednesday an autopsy conducted by the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation determined Breasia had been found.
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A North Liberty sex offender is back behind bars after he allegedly failed to comply with terms of the state’s sex offender registry process.
42-year-old Waylen Sherod of Sugar Creek Lane was booked into the Johnson County Jail just before 1:45 Friday afternoon. Sherod was convicted of Assault With Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse against a 12-year-old girl in Johnson County in 1999. As part of his sentence, Sherod is required to check in in-person with his local sheriff’s office every three months to verify his relevant information. The Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation says Sherod failed to appear at scheduled meetings last November and last February.