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Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, 7/28/18

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July 28th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

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

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A former Davenport official who admitted placing a hidden camera in a restroom has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. The Quad-City Times reports 47-year-old Roy DeWitt was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in June to eight counts of invasion of privacy. An arrest affidavit stated that DeWitt, a former city housing programs manager, concealed a digital camera in an employee-only restroom at a city-owned apartment building. The affidavit said eight people were recorded multiple times.

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — A southeast Iowa woman has been accused of killing her 5-year-old daughter. Wapello County records say 22-year-old Kelsie Thomas is charged with first-degree murder and is being held in Wapello County Jail. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation says in a news release that Thomas admitted killing her daughter, but the release doesn’t say how the child died.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a gust of wind forced a small plane off a runway as it landed at the Burlington airport in southeast Iowa. The accident occurred around 1 p.m. Thursday, with the single-engine plane ending up on a grassy median. Medics examined the two people who were on the plane, but neither was taken to a hospital. Their names weren’t released.

NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — A woman has been accused of stealing from the account of a central Iowa nursing home resident. Jasper County Court records say 36-year-old Christan Maddison is charged with dependent adult abuse-exploitation. Her attorney didn’t return a call Friday. Authorities say the thefts occurred after the woman was granted a power of attorney to handle the nursing home resident’s finances.