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Iowa early News Headlines: Friday, March 9th 2018

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March 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:40 a.m. CST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A western Iowa woman has been sentenced in Nebraska to five years’ probation for being an accessory to a 2016 road-rage shooting death. The Omaha World-Herald reports that 19-year-old Page Green, of Council Bluffs, was sentenced Wednesday. She had pleaded no contest to being an accessory to a homicide in the shooting death of 32-year-old Cristian Pastrana-Marin, of Omaha.

AVOCA, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say they have charged a western Iowa man whose son took some of his father’s marijuana to school. Court records say the fourth-grader found a small bag of pot Feb. 23 on the floor of his dad’s bedroom in Avoca, took it to school that day and gave it to school officials. James Mills’ attorney said Thursday that her client will plead not guilty to the charges of marijuana possession and child endangerment.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A jury has awarded $2 million in damages to a former Iowa correctional officer who faced retaliation after complaining she was sexually harassed by inmates. The Polk County jury made the award for lost earnings and emotional distress to Kristine Sink, a former officer at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison. Jurors ruled that Sink was the victim of retaliation for bringing an earlier lawsuit that exposed the prison’s practice of allowing violent inmates to watch graphic films.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Court records say a central Iowa man accused of killing his mother, father and sister intends to change his plea. The records say lawyers for 21-year-old Chase Nicholson had requested a plea hearing, which has been scheduled for April 30 in Polk County District Court. The records don’t say how he’ll plead and to what charges.