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Bonnie Parker, left, and Clyde Barrow, leaders of the notorious Barrow gang, were pursued by the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation in 1933. DES MOINES, Iowa – On April 9, 1921, the Iowa Legislature bestowed authority in Attorney General Ben Gibson to establish the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, a centralized law enforcement agency specializing in providing cost-free support to local law enforcement agencies. From these humble beginnings, with just a handful of agents and a budget of $37,000, the bureau has grown into the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), which provides a full...

2 hrs ago Cleveland County District Court will begin a new set of jury trials April 12, including a death penalty case involving a Texas man. Joseph Fidel Alliniece, 32, of Missouri City, Texas, will stand before a jury in District Judge Lori Walkley’s courtroom following the 2018 death of Norman resident Brittani Young, 27. According to a Norman police affidavit, officers found Young on April 24, 2018, dead inside her Emerald Greens Apartments residence. Police believe Alliniece stomped her to death. Alliniece also faces two counts of kidnapping and one count of robbery by force or fear...

Contributing Writer Spring is nearly upon us. We are all thinking about home repairs, driveway repairs and yard projects. Homeowners should be cautious about who they hire to do this work. Spring and summer are prime times of the year for home repair frauds to occur. Unfortunately, and far too often, elderly residents are the target for these frauds. Home repair fraud artists will go door-to-door trying to get people to hire them. Persons, purporting to be legitimate contractors, will promise to do certain work and ask for advance payment on this work. Many times the work is not completed o...

Photo Provided A 12-member jury convicted two defendants Thursday night on six charges related to a Norman police investigation into a gang in 2018. Marcus Larod Jackson, 22, of Norman, and Juwan Thomas Square, 23, of Moore, were found guilty of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, discharging a weapon into a dwelling (two counts for Jackson, one for Square), assault and battery with a deadly weapon and shooting with intent to kill. Square also was found guilty of using a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon. According to evidence presented by the s...

By Jamie Berry | Transcript Staff Writer Feb 23, 2021 FreeImages A racketeering case against two defendants focused on testimonies from several law enforcement agents Tuesday at the Cleveland County Courthouse in front of District Judge Michael Tupper and 12 jurors. Marcus Larod Jackson, 22, of Norman, and Juwan Thomas Square, 23, of Moore, each face counts of racketeering, conspiracy to commit racketeering, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, shooting with intent to kill and discharging a weapon into a dwelling (two counts for Jackson, one fo...