Woodbury County Supervisors Address Weapons In Courthouse Issue
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – County officials in western Iowa will now allow employees to carry concealed guns to work in the courthouse and two other county
buildings.
Sioux City Journal (https://bit.ly/2uagMTw ) reports that the move comes as the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors try to abide by a new state law that expands gun rights while also complying with a state Supreme Court order limiting guns in court-controlled areas.
Guns must be concealed and won’t be allowed in courtrooms and a few other areas.
The state Supreme Court issued an order in June that only law enforcement can have weapons in courthouses and court-controlled areas.
The board rescinded a ban on weapons on county property that same month, saying it was necessary to comply with the state’s expanded gun rights law.
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Parolee Suspected Of Killing Taxi Cab Driver
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – A parolee has been charged with murder after police say he shot an Iowa City cab driver in the head after a ride.
Iowa City police issued a warrant Wednesday charging Curtis Cortez Jones in the June 27 death of 46-year-old Ricky Lillie.
Lillie was found dead in his cab near an Iowa City motel.
Authorities say Jones stole a car in Keota earlier on June 27. He was seen with it in Burlington on June 28, and was arrested June 30. He’s been jailed since then.
Investigators say they determined Jones entered Lillie’s cab and took an uninterrupted ride to a street near the motel, shot the driver in the head and left the scene.
Department of Corrections records show the 41-year-old has been in and out of prison since 2001. He was granted parole last October on a burglary charge.
Man Who Threaten Senator Ernst To Be Evaluated
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) – A psychiatric evaluation has been ordered for a Nebraska man accused of threatening Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Helen Adams on Tuesday ordered the transfer of 64- year-old Robert Simet from Pottawattamie County Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, to the Douglas County Jail in Omaha, where he’ll be held while undergoing an evaluation.
An arrest affidavit says employees of a motorcycle shop in Pacific
Junction, Iowa, told an FBI agent that Simet had been there July 5. During that visit, Simet made several statements about Ernst, including that he believes she is a member of the Islamic State group and that he “could kill” her during a July 10 event at the motorcycle shop.
Simet, of Omaha, is charged with threatening a U.S. official.
