Bank Robber Suspects Names Released
(Le Mars) — The names and photos of the two people arrested Wednesday afternoon following the bank robbery of the Iowa State Bank have been released. Both suspects have been charged with eluding. They are 32 year old Phillip White and 35 year old Karen Merrick. Both are from Sioux City.
Robbery charges have not yet been filed by the Le Mars Police Department. The two may also face federal charges.
The two were arrested after they had robbed the Iowa State Bank of Le Mars.
Phillip White – 32 and Karen Merrick – 35
Marshalltown Community School District To Pay IRS $603,000
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa school district has paid $603,000 in penalties and interest to the IRS after failing to file several payroll reports on time.
An audit released Thursday says the IRS denied a waiver sought by the Marshalltown Community School District that would have excused its failure to file monthly and quarterly payroll reports on time from late 2016 until early 2018.
The district has paid the IRS but is appealing.
A report issued by State Auditor Mary Mosiman blamed the district’s former payroll specialist for failing to file required reports to the IRS, Iowa Workforce Development, the Iowa Public Employee’s Retirement System and the Iowa Department of Revenue. In addition to the $603,000 to the IRS, the
district has accrued an additional $13,000 in penalties to the other agencies.
High Speed Chase On Interstate 35
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) – Authorities have arrested a northern Iowa man who allegedly led them on a high-speed chase on Interstate 35 in a stolen pickup. The Globe Gazette in Mason City reports that 29-year-old Adam Benjamin Collings, of Cresco, was charged with first-degree theft, eluding law enforcement and reckless driving. The chase began in Clear Lake and ended in Worth County. Authorities say Collings fled an Iowa State Patrol trooper who attempted to stop the red 2004 Ford pickup truck he was driving.
