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Iowa early News Headlines: Saturday, March 9th, 2019

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March 9th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha man has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison for robbing a Plattsmouth bank in 2012. Federal prosecutors for Nebraska say 28-year-old Joseph Lanckriet was sentenced Thursday to 56 months in prison. Prosecutors say that on Dec. 7, 2012, Lanckriet and another man robbed the SAC Federal Credit Union in Plattsmouth. Lanckriet and co-defendant Thomas Woodard were arrested four years later in Sioux City, Iowa.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The Davenport Community School District has announced teacher and staff cuts for the upcoming school year, following budget cuts approved by the school board last year. The Quad-City Times reports that the cuts include 75 teachers. District spokeswoman Dawn Saul said Friday that she did not know how many other employees are affected. The job cuts go into effect June 30.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Police say a 20-year-old western Iowa man has been arrested in Des Moines in the January death of a Council Bluffs man. Police say Nicholas Haner, of Harlan, was arrested Friday morning after officers spotted him in a stolen vehicle. Police say officers were able to stop the vehicle and immediately arrest Haner. Haner is charged in a warrant with first-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Adam Angeroth was slain. Angeroth’s body was found in his apartment on Jan. 24.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for distributing child pornography. Federal prosecutors for Iowa say 35-year-old Joseph Marchesini was sentenced Friday in Des Moines’ federal courthouse to 188 months in prison. Marchesini pleaded guilty in October 2018 to distribution of child pornography. In his plea, he admitted to distributing via the internet images of children _ some of them preschoolers _ being sexually assaulted.