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Iowa early News Headlines: Thursday, 11/29/18

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November 29th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Roman Catholic diocese is defending its decision to continue employing a priest who told police he was trying to rape a woman when he was arrested naked in an Iowa mall in 2013. The Diocese of Sioux City acknowledged the 5-year-old arrest of the Rev. Jeremy Wind, describing it as a “mental health episode” from which he recovered. Police reports show Wind was meeting with a parishioner at a Sioux Center bakery in December 2013 when he dropped his pants and chased her to her car.

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Police in central Iowa are investigating after they say they found homemade pipe bombs following a traffic stop in Marshalltown. Authorities say 48-year-old Timothy Andrew Kluck has been charged with being a felon in possession of an offensive weapon and other counts. Police say Kluck was stopped earlier this week on suspicion of driving with a suspended license when officers discovered a pipe bomb in his vehicle, and a search of his home turned up another bomb.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for the drug overdose deaths of two people in Illinois. Federal prosecutors in Iowa say 50-year-old Larry Lazzez Bolden, of Davenport, was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in June to distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death. Investigators say Bolden distributed heroin laced with morphine and fentanyl that led to the deaths of one person in Rock Island, Illinois, and another person in Moline, Illinois.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — An eastern Iowa man has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for bilking a bank out of more than $850,000. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 63-year-old David Giannetto, of Marion, was sentenced Wednesday in Cedar Rapids’ federal courthouse to 27 months in prison. Officials say Giannetto had operated a freight business and created more than 600 fake invoices over two years that he used to secure more than $850,000 in loans from the bank.