Iowa Interference Law
State of Iowa v. Sie Jones
Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with willful injury causing serious injury, assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, and interference with Official Acts. Sie Jones, age 25, was accused of assault and battering a 61-year-old man and polic officers.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - IA)Kelly Brodie, et al. v. Jerry R. Foxhoven, et al.
Greenwood, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on wrongful discharge theories.<br> <br> The five plaintiffs in this case are former employees who left GRC while this experimentation was going on. Each had a somewhat different job, and each departed GRC under somewhat different circumstances. They have sued the Iowa Department of Human Services (DHS), the former director of DHS, t... More...
$0 (06-04-2025 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Alvaro Gomez-Lopez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Postville Man Sentenced to Prison for Illegally Reentering the United States After Being Deported</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - IA)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Dean Hanus, Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Wright County, Iowa Man to Federal Prison for Illegal Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Michael Dean Hanus, Jr., 45, from Clarion, Iowa, ... More...
$0 (07-23-2024 - IA)United States of America v. Anthony Fisher
Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Anthony Fisher, age 23, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a January 26, 2023, jury verdict finding him guilty of possession of ammunition as a convicted felon. <br> <br> The evidence at trial showed that, on February 16, 2021, Fisher and two other men broke i... More...
$0 (07-26-2023 - IA)John Doe v. Gregory Scott Stephen and Barnstormers Basketball, Inc., d/b/a Barnstormers Basketball of Iowa
Davenport, Iowa personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a class action negligence and intentional tort theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of acts, errors and/or omissions on the part of the Defendants. <br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/iowa/news/davenport/" ... More...
$0 (12-12-2022 - IA)United States of America v. Martin Smith
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/CedarRapids_3314823070993319616_1360864279914.jpg"><br> </center><br> Cedar Rapids, IA - Former Bank Vice President Who Aided the Obstruction of an FDIC Investigation Sentenced to Federal Prison<br> Court Also Ordered Defendant to Pay More than $1.2 Million in Restitution<br> <br> A man who aided the obstruction of an FD... More...
$0 (06-17-2019 - IA)United States of America v. Rontel Nijae Mial
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.iasd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/DSM_Courthouse_0.jpg"><br> </center><br> Davenport, IA - Indiana Man Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Five Pharmacy Robberies in Iowa<br> <br> Rontel Nijae Mial, age 19, of Indianapolis, Indiana, was sentenced by United States District Court Chief Judge John A. Jarvey to 96 months in prison after pleading guil... More...
$0 (05-06-2019 - IA)State of Iowa v. Lowell Allan Ewalt
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$0 (11-06-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. BION BLAKE INGRAM <table> <td>
At about 6:39 a.m. on October 30, 2015, a police officer pulled over Bion Ingram, who was driving on Highway 14 in Newton, Iowa. The officer had noticed the vehicle’s license plate was not illuminated as required. After speaking with Ingram, the officer also noticed the <br> 3 <br> vehicle’s registration sticker did not match its license plate—the vehicle’s actual registration had expi... More...
$0 (07-03-2018 - IA)United States of America v. Lawrence Curtis Glover
Defendant-Appellant Lawrence Glover appeals a special condition of<br> supervised release imposed as part of a revocation sentence. The special condition<br> prohibits Glover from having contact with his fiancée, Myesha Watkins, who is the<br> mother of his child. We vacate the special condition.<br> I.<br> In September 2011, Glover was sentenced to 71 months’ imprisonment and 5<br> years’ su... More...
$0 (06-21-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. AUSTIN MICHAEL SCHABLE <table> <td>
At approximately 7:30 a.m. on April 26, 2016, an individual called local <br> police about a silver van that was parked in the parking lot of her apartment <br> building. The individual reported she witnessed the van pull into the parking lot, <br> nearly striking two vehicles in the process. Officers Carl Ragar and Eddie <br> Thiphasouk responded to the call in two separate police vehicles. Of... More...
$0 (06-08-2018 - IA)MARTIN SHANE MOON vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>
In August 1990, Kevin Dickson was shot and killed. Nine years <br> later, the State charged Martin Moon and Casey Brodsack with first<br> degree murder. Brodsack pled guilty to second-degree murder in <br> exchange for testifying truthfully at Moon’s trial. 1See Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87, 83 S. Ct. 1194, 1196–97 (1963) (“[T]he suppression b... More...
$0 (04-30-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. STEVEN W. CHANEY <table> <td>
A concerned citizen called 911 after seeing a man, later identified as Steven <br> Chaney, driving a vehicle “all over the road.” A Bettendorf patrol officer arrived at <br> the scene and pulled the keys from the ignition. Chaney got out of the vehicle and <br> “came at him.” Chaney also kicked a police sergeant. <br> The State charged Chaney with driving while barred as a habitual... More...
$0 (04-01-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. JUAN CARLOS NINO HERNANDEZ <table> <td>
Des Moines Police Sergeant Ronald Kouski had just stepped into QuikTrip <br> for a hot dog when he “heard a loud screeching noise and then a loud collision.” <br> Kouski worked as a canine officer and his German Shepard partner was waiting in <br> the 2009 Crown Victoria. The officer looked out the store’s front window and <br> discovered a red pickup had struck his patrol car, pushing it ... More...
$0 (01-12-2018 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. DON N. FRANKLIN <table> <td>
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, the record <br> shows the following. On July 23, 2015, Franklin and a friend were sitting at a bar <br> in Dubuque. The friend was smoking a cigarette inside the bar, which is <br> prohibited. The owner of the bar, David Lorenz, walked up to the friend, took the <br> cigarette, and threw it out. A verbal argument between the owner,... More...
$0 (12-24-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. DANIEL LOUIS CHANDLER <table> <td>
One winter night, a Des Moines police officer stopped a vehicle driven by <br> Daniel Chandler. The officer had “pulled him over several times” before and <br> knew “he was on a temporary restricted license, that he was supposed to have <br> an Intoxilyzer in his vehicle, and that he was supposed to have a work permit if <br> he was driving a vehicle.” She also knew he worked for a lawn ... More...
$0 (07-25-2017 - IA)VICTOR RIVERA vs. STATE OF IOWA <table> <td>
Victor Rivera, while driving under the influence of alcohol, caused a traffic <br> accident that killed a motorcyclist and seriously injured the motorcyclist’s <br> passenger. Rivera fled the scene in his vehicle and led officers on a short chase <br> before he was apprehended. Rivera pleaded guilty to unintentionally causing the <br> death of another by operating a motor vehicle while intoxic... More...
$0 (06-17-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. PATRICIA PRANSCHKE <table> <td>
Viewing the trial evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s guilty <br> verdicts, State v. Romer, 832 N.W.2d 169, 172-73 (Iowa 2013), the jury could <br> have found the following facts. Terri Andersen is Patricia Pranschke’s adult <br> daughter. In April 2015, a warrant was issued for Andersen’s arrest. The <br> warrant related to a traffic violation issued to Andersen for drivin... More...
$0 (06-16-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. LUCAS TYLER IDDINGS <table> <td>
Lucas Iddings appeals following the revocation of the deferred judgment <br> he was granted after entering a guilty plea to possession of contraband while <br> confined, a class “D” felony, in violation of Iowa Code sections 719.7(1), <br> 719.7(3)(c), and 719.7(4) (2014).1 He asserts his plea was not voluntarily and <br> intelligently entered because the court failed to inform him of the app... More...
$0 (06-14-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. MARTHA ARACELY MARTINEZ <table> <td>
Martha Martinez came to Muscatine with her parents in 1997 when she was eleven years old. She attended Muscatine public schools and worked for several different employers in Muscatine County. When she was seventeen years old, Martinez applied for and obtained an Iowa driver’s license. She used a birth certificate in the name of Diana Castaneda, a person with a social security number, to obtai... More...
$0 (06-14-2017 - IA)United States of America v. Alexander Hamilton
Des Moines, IA - Des Moines Man Pleads Guilty to 2016 String of Robberies of Git-N-Go, Kum & Go, Hy-Vee, and U.S. Bank<br> <br> Alexander Hamilton, age 26, of Des Moines, Iowa, appeared before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Helen C. Adams and entered pleas to interference with commerce by robbery and conspiracy to distribute hydromorphone, an opioid. Hamilton admitted to committing the follo... More...
$0 (04-28-2017 - IA)DAVON ANTWON WRIGHT vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent-Appellee. <table> <td>
Davon Wright appeals the denial of his motion in arrest of judgment. On <br> March 29, 2016, Wright was driving a van with four passengers around <br> Davenport. Two passengers stated everyone was smoking marijuana as they <br> travelled. During the drive, the group saw a car and believed the occupants were <br> people they did not like. Shots were fired, and Wright drove away. Shortly <br> t... More...
$0 (04-22-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. MARK L. KEMP <table> <td>
On February 27, 2015, Kemp was charged by trial information with the <br> following: one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to <br> deliver, in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(1)(c)(3) (2015); one count of <br> failure to possess a tax stamp, in violation of sections 453B.3 and 453B.12; one <br> count of interference with official acts causing injury, in violation of ... More...
$0 (04-21-2017 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. JORDAN CAMPBELL
An Iowa State Patrol trooper was traveling on Interstate 80 when he <br> observed two vehicles—a white truck and black minivan—with non-Iowa license <br> plates traveling the opposite direction. The trooper believed the vehicles were <br> exceeding the speed limit. Using a speed gun, he determined the vehicles were <br> speeding. As the trooper and the vehicles passed each other on opposite... More...
$0 (02-22-2017 - IA)<b> STATE OF IOWA vs. JAYEL ANTRONE COLEMAN</b>
On the evening of August 18, 2014, Officer James Morris was parked along Highway 61 in Eldridge, Iowa, conducting random computer checks on the license plates of passing motorists to see if the vehicle was reported stolen or if there were outstanding warrants associated with the owner of the vehicle. His check of the license plate of a vehicle that passed him revealed that the female registered o... More...
$0 (02-15-2017 - IA)<b> STATE OF IOWA vs. WILLIAM EDWARD HUNT</b>
Trooper Thomas Clark with the Iowa State Patrol responded to a radio <br> dispatch reporting an erratic driver traveling westbound on Interstate 80 near <br> Waukee about 10 p.m. on January 9, 2015. The dispatcher had received <br> multiple 911 cellular telephone calls from other motorists concerned about a <br> pickup pulling a travel trailer that was “all over the road.” Trooper Clark foun... More...
$0 (02-10-2017 - IA)<b>STATE OF IOWA vs. FREDERICK JOSEPH OLSON</b>
The facts that lead to the charges for which Olson was convicted are not <br> at issue before the court. Olson was initially charged in two different trial <br> informations. One charged him with burglary in the third degree, as an habitual <br> offender, and possession of burglary tools. The other trial information charged <br> him with an attempt to commit murder and burglary in the first deg... More...
$0 (01-26-2017 - IA)<b>ROBERT KROGMANN vs. STATE OF IOWA</b>
Robert Krogmann shot his girlfriend several times. A jury found him guilty <br> of attempted murder and willful injury, and the supreme court affirmed his <br> judgment and sentence. See State v. Krogmann, 804 N.W.2d 518 (Iowa 2011).1 <br> Krogmann filed a postconviction relief application raising several <br> ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claims. The district court denied the application ... More...
$0 (01-25-2017 - IA)<b> STATE OF IOWA vs. GREGORY DANIEL HUDSON</b>
On the night of April 30, 2014, Hudson and his fiancé were at Prairie <br> Meadows Racetrack and Casino. At some point, the two engaged in a heated <br> discussion that drew the attention of Prairie Meadows security guards. On that <br> night, a Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy was working off-duty security at Prairie <br> Meadows. The deputy noticed the discussion and walked over to see what wa... More...
$0 (12-21-2016 - IA)<b>CAR WASH CONSULTANTS, INC. vs. N/S CORPORATION</b> <table> <td>
This matter comes before the court a second time. The facts and <br> circumstances giving rise to this litigation are set forth in our prior opinion and <br> need not be set forth in full herein. See N/S Corp. v. Car Wash Consultants, Inc., <br> No. 11-0174, 2012 WL 1439084, at *1 (Iowa Ct. App. Apr. 25, 2012). In sum, <br> this litigation concerns a car wash manufactured by N/S Corporation and... More...
$0 (10-14-2016 - IA)<b>WILLIE J. HERRON JR. vs. STATE OF IOWA </b></h2.
The facts of the crimes were sufficiently detailed in our opinion on <br> Herron’s direct appeal, and they do not need to be repeated here. See id. at *1–<br> 2. Following our decision in 2011, Herron filed an application for postconviction <br> relief. Amended applications were filed in 2013, and the matter proceeded to a <br> hearing in March 2014. Both Herron and his trial counsel testi... More...
$0 (10-13-2016 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. MICHAEL ANTHONY
In August 2014, Anthony and the complaining witness began exchanging <br> argumentative messages on a social networking website. Events escalated <br> when Anthony began posting threatening language directed at the complaining <br> witness. On August 5, Anthony went to the complaining witness’s home. The <br> complaining witness and another witness both told officers that Anthony pulled a <br... More...
$0 (09-16-2016 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. KENDALL CHAVEZ JOHNSON
In August 2015, Johnson was charged by trial information in six separate <br> counts with first-degree burglary, assault while displaying a dangerous weapon, <br> false imprisonment, interference with official acts, and two counts of child <br> endangerment. In exchange for Johnson’s agreement to plead guilty to a lesser<br> included offense of second-degree burglary and the assault-while-displ... More...
$0 (09-16-2016 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. JOHN ARTHUR SENN JR.
In the early morning hours of Labor Day, September 1, 2014, Officer Brian Cuppy was on patrol in downtown Des Moines when he saw a truck eastbound on Court Avenue stop for a red light in the middle of the intersection with Water Street with its “back tires . . . more than five feet past the cross walk.” Officer Cuppy followed the truck, activated his police cruiser’s flashing lights, and in... More...
$0 (06-25-2016 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. SHANEKA NASHEA ALEXANDER
On February 11, 2015, a jury found Alexander guilty of interference with <br> official acts inflicting bodily injury, an aggravated misdemeanor, and interference <br> with official acts, a simple misdemeanor. Both crimes constituted violations of <br> Iowa Code section 719.1 (2013). <br> Evidence presented by the State at trial established Alexander was <br> present when officers arrived at an ... More...
$0 (05-26-2016 - IA)SHAIN MATTHEW MALLOY vs. STATE OF IOWA
Shain Malloy appeals the district court’s summary dismissal of his <br> applications for postconviction relief (PCR). In 1995 Malloy was convicted of <br> extortion following a guilty plea and convicted of burglary following a jury trial. He <br> was also convicted of interference with official acts following a guilty plea in <br> January 2004. In June 2009, Malloy was sentenced in federal co... More...
$0 (05-26-2016 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. BRENNA LYN BETTS
On December 12, 2012, Betts was observed speeding by Officer Rafe <br> Albers. By the time Officer Albers was able to catch up to her vehicle, Betts had <br> parked her car in the parking lot of her apartment complex and exited her vehicle. <br> When the officer told her that she had been speeding and he needed her <br> identification, Betts argued that he could not cite her for speeding because... More...
$0 (05-26-2016 - IA)STATE OF IOWA vs. FELICIA MAE WILSON, a/k/a FELICIA MAE KLEIN
On December 15, 2014, Wilson went to the Buchanan County Sheriff’s <br> Office and reported Chad Knight assaulted her the night before and she was <br> scared to return to their residence. She added Knight had assaulted her two <br> days earlier as well. As a result, Knight was arrested for domestic abuse assault. <br> On December 22, 2014, Wilson returned and filed a statement wherein she <... More...
$0 (04-07-2016 - IA)United States of America v. Willie Hampton
Rapid City, IA - Felon in Possession of a Firearm Goes to Prison<br> <br> A man with a prior felony and misdemeanor domestic abuse conviction was sentenced to nearly three years in federal prison.<br> <br> Willie Hampton, age 56, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after entering a guilty plea on December 2, 2015, to being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. He was prohi... More...
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