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Iowa early News Headlines: Sunday, June 10th 2018

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June 10th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:55 a.m. CDT

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of killing a 38-year-old mother in a random home invasion in Cedar Rapids has pleaded not guilty to charges in the case. Television station KCRG reports that an attorney for 38-year-old Timothy Evans filed a written not-guilty plea to first-degree murder and other counts. Evans is accused of breaking into the detached garage of a Cedar Rapids home on April 29 and violently assaulting Gina Frederiksen. Police say he then set fire to the garage.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Police in eastern Iowa are investigating the death of a man in an overnight shooting. The Quad-City Times reports that Davenport police were called shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday for a report of shots fired on Fourth Street. Arriving officers found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. The 46-year-old man was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

EVANSDALE, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors say a northeastern Iowa pharmacist has been given probation after pleading to a misdemeanor in a Medicaid billing fraud case. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that 62-year-old Ric Foreman, who operated Evansdale Pharmacy, entered a plea to engaging in prohibited acts by selling expired medicine. In a May 29 hearing, Foreman was granted a deferred judgment, which will remove the charge from his record if he completes a year of informal probation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Residents are raising money to update a Des Moines mural with the names of more than 150 people shot to death in the city in the last two decades. The Des Moines Register reports that residents have raised more than $1,000 of the $4,000 needed to update the mural on the Creative Visions building. Organizers hope updating the mural will honor those who’ve died and be a reminder for those thinking about using guns.