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Municipal League attorneys defending a former Benton police officer over a fatal encounter in 2016 that claimed the life of a suicidal 17-year-old rested their case Friday in federal court after calling their final three witnesses, an officer who was present at the shooting and two expert witnesses.
Municipal League attorneys defending a former Benton police officer over a fatal encounter in 2016 that claimed the life of a suicidal 17-year-old rested their case Friday in federal court after calling their final three witnesses, an officer who was present at the shooting and two expert witnesses.
A Davenport man was sentenced to prison for trying to engage in illicit sexual activity and attempted enticement of minors in sexual activity.
A Davenport man was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison and 15 years of supervised release this week for traveling to Illinois to engage in illicit sexual activity and attempting to entice two underage girls to engage in sexual activity. Details of the case were not released but according to court documents, in November of 2020, 31-year-old Douglas Speer of Davenport arranged to pay for sex with individuals he believed to be two girls, ages 15 and 11. After traveling from Iowa to Illinois to meet with the intended victims, Speer was arrested by federal agents and local law enforcement offi...
Douglas Speer, 31, of Davenport was sentenced to federal prison for arranging to pay for sex with who he believed were 15- and 11-year-old girls.