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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., 9/2/17

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September 2nd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:30 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa man has been acquitted in the death last year of his infant son inside a sweltering car. Television station KCCI reports that Judge Michael Huppert on Friday found Lance Williams not guilty of child endangerment, neglect and abandonment. The judge said the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Williams acted in either a knowing or reckless manner in the June 2016 death of the 6-month-old boy.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – The owner of a gun that a 4-year-old boy used to kill himself in Iowa last year has pleaded guilty in the case. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Iowa says 30-year-old Daniel Henriksen pleaded guilty Friday to a federal count of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of marijuana. Prosecutors say Jayden Choate found Henriksen’s loaded gun on June 17, 2016, and accidentally shot himself in the head.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Eleven soldiers and two helicopters from the Iowa National Guard are expected spend approximately two weeks in Texas to help out in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The Guard says two CH-47F “Chinook” supply helicopters would deploy Friday along with soldiers from Boone, Davenport and Johnston units. Texas requested the aid under agreement between all 50 states, two territories and Washington, D.C., to assist one another in times of crisis.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – Cedar Rapids authorities say a man who entered a city building in Cedar Rapids with a gun has been arrested and charged in the incident. Police say 42-year-old Russell Jay Howard was arrested Friday after he was released from a hospital. He’s been charged with carrying weapons and unauthorized possession of an offensive weapon. Police say Howard carried a sawed-off shotgun into the City Services Center on Aug. 23.