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Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation celebrates 100th anniversary
On Friday, the Department of Safety held a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol to show their appreciation to the people working in the division. Author: Local 5 News Updated: 10:38 PM CDT April 9, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa Iowa s Division of Criminal Investigation is now 100 years old.
On Friday, the Department of Safety held a ceremony at the Iowa State Capitol to show their appreciation to the people working in the division. While the Bureau provided a platform for centralized professional law enforcement agency, it is the men and women who have powered this agency that we acknowledge here today, said Special Agent in Charge Adam DeCamp.
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The final details for an upcoming jury trial of a Fort Dodge man accused of killing the Rev. Al Henderson were hashed out in a Webster County courtroom on Friday afternoon.
Joshua Pendleton, 37, of Fort Dodge, is accused of killing Henderson in the parking lot of St. Paul Lutheran Church on the evening of Oct. 2, 2019. He was charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery.
Pendleton’s jury trial is scheduled to start April 19 at the Scott County Courthouse in Davenport. The venue for the trial was moved to Scott County by order of the court in July after the defense attorneys raised concern about extensive pretrial media coverage possibly impeding the impartiality of the jury pool.
An Iowa State Patrol trooper was killed during an attempt to end an hours-long standoff with an armed man in Grundy Center late Friday, the Iowa Department of Public Safety said.
Authorities confirmed Sgt. Jim Smith, a 27-year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol, was fatally shot attempting to arrest a barricaded suspect, identified as Michael Thomas Lang, 41, of Grundy Center.
Lang, who was known to local law enforcement, has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held in jail on a $1 million dollar cash bond. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds during the standoff and is currently hospitalized in critical condition, police say.