Legal News for Desmoins, Iowa

United States of America v. Bryon David Manning

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal contempt in violation of 18 U.S.C. 401(3). Reported by Kent Morlan Bryon David Manning, age 21, from Dubuque, Iowa, refused to testify before a grand jury. Manning, who was previously convict... More...

United States of America v. Metallie Leigh Gillette

Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251 and distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. Reported by Kent Morlan Metallie Leigh Gillette, 27, created child sexual... More...

United States of America v. Henry J. Schappert,

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements on a PPP loan application and false declarations during subsequent bankruptcy proceedings. Reported by Kent Morlan Henry J. Schappert, 57, operated a business called Allied Exterio... More...

United States of America v. Dalton Lee Hagen

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms in violaiton of 18 USC 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). Reported by Kent Morlan In January 2025, law enforcement officers were investigating a burglary. Officers learned that Da... More...

United States of America v. Henry J. Schapper

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making fraudulent loan in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1014, make a false oath and committing bribery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 152. Reported by: Kent Morlan Henry J. Schappert, 57, operated a business called... More...

United States of America v. Eric Leo Newsom

Cedar Rapids, Iowan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tampered with an assisted living resident’s prescription pain medication. By Kent Morlan Eric Leo Newsom, age 34, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, diverted narcotics from his current and former patients. One of his former patients was elderly, had c... More...

State of Iowa v. Jose Luis Rodriguez

Des Moimes, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. By Kent Morlan Jose Luis Rodriguez, age 20, accused of shooting and killing a 16-year-old boy.... More...

United States of America v. Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft from an Iowa nonprofit receiving federal funds. Jodi Dyan Spargur-Tate, 55, was employed by Children and Families of Iowa (CFI) between 2015 and 2022. During her time as Program Director, Spargur-Tate submitted false and fraudulent reimbursement requests, including falsified invoices and receipts. Spargur-Ta... More...

State of Iowa v. Dillon Michael Heilier

Waukon, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft by taking of a vehicle that was reported stolen in Wisconsin. At approximately 7:30 in the morning on October 1, 2023, Heiller parked an orange 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan SUV bearing Wisconsin license plates in front of a house in Waukon, Iowa. One of the homeowners was on her porch having a cup of coffee. She did n... More...

United States of America v. Ashley Thompson

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with intent to commit murder. Ashley Thompson, age 38, from Tama, Iowa, admitted that on January 14, 2024, she assaulted a woman on the Meskwaki Settlement near Tama, Iowa. Thompson was in another person’s home along with the victim. An argument between multiple people occurred. Thompson picked up a ... More...

United States of America v. Alexander Warren Dehogues

Davenport, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child. Alexander Warren Dehogues, 35, secretly recorded two minor children in stages of undress and saved those recordings to his electronic devices. A forensic examination of electronic devices seized from Dehogues’s Kalona residence showed that Dehogues used the devices to record, receive... More...

United States of America v. Pry’Shayn Mosley

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography. Pry’Shayn Mosley, 21, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, admitted that between May 2022 and October 2022 he enticed two minors under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce visual depictions of such conduct. Mosley furthe... More...

United States of America v. Ricardo Wiley Steward

Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute. In February 2025, Ricardo Wiley Steward, 46, a felon, illegally possessed a loaded, stolen pistol, at a residence in Coralville. Additionally, Steward sold marijuana from 2024 to 2025 in the Iowa City area. As a felon, Steward was prohibited from possessing a firearm. Furth... More...

Monica Perkins v. City of Des Mmonies, et al.

Des Moines, Iowa, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. When Deputy Tart fired, Perkins was approximately sixty to seventy-five feet away from him and standing on the road outside her daughter’s vehicle. As Perkins describes the situation, she was verbally confronting another driver, walking back and forth between her daughter’s vehicle and th... More...

United States of America v. Wenona Oropeza

Woodbury, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance. A number of times over one year in 2024-2025, Wenona Oropeza, 48, from Omaha, Nebraska, would have other persons drive her from Omaha, Nebraska to Sioux Falls, South Dakota with several ounces of methamphetamine to distribute in Sioux Falls where she could double and tr... More...

United States of America v. Joseph Lee Rhodes

Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Joseph Lee Rhodes, Jr., 41, of Muscatine County, was detained pending trial today in connection with an indictment charging him with five counts of transportation of child pornography. On January 14, 2026, Rhodes made his initial appearance. Following the March 2, 2026, detention ... More...

Rosemary Loper v. Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center

Des Moines, Iowa, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim. 147.140 Expert witness — certificate of merit affidavit. 1. a. In any action for personal injury or wrongful death against a health care provider basedupontheallegednegligenceinthepracticeofthatprofessionoroccupationorinpatient care, which includes a cause of action for which expert testimony... More...

State of Iowa v. Devon Jackson

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing a teenager. Devon Jackson, 23, is charged with one count of third-degree sex abuse.... More...

State of Iowa v. Devon Jackson

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abused a minor multiple times in 2025.... More...

United States of America v. Cleveland Stephens, a/k/a “Schmitty”

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Cleveland Stephens, a/k/a “Schmitty,” age 63, from Cedar Rapids, sold pounds of methamphetamine to multiple people. In October 2022, he was in a car that was stopped in Davenport, Iowa. Law enforcement officers searched the car and found cocaine base, cocaine... More...

United States of America v. Michael Clark

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearms by a prohibited person. Clark applied for a weapons permit in 2018, and a sheriff’s office informed him that he was prohibited from possessing guns. In June 2024, while officers were in Clark’s residence to arrest him on a warrant, an officer saw ammunition. Officers subsequently sear... More...

United States of America v. Shawn Zak

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance and unlawful transportation of a firearm. Shawn Zak, 32, from Carroll, Iowa, admitted that from June 2025 through September 2025, he and others conspired to distribute more than 1500 grams of methamphetamine in the Carroll, Iowa, area. On September 11, 2025, Zak was ap... More...

United States of America v. Bryan Keith Rainey, Jr.

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. Bryan Keith Rainey, Jr., 20, and two co-conspirators fired at least 36 rounds of ammunition at a Des Moines residence occupied by two children and their mother on December 16, 2024. At least 11 rounds hit the house. No one was injured. Three days later, officers located Rain... More...

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...

Waterloo, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement during purchase of firearm. Prescott bought three handguns from a licensed firearms dealer in Cedar Falls between March and August 2024. Prescott lied on forms during these purchases, claiming that she was the actual buyer of the guns. The guns were for Prescott’s fourteen-year-old grands... More...