The Iowa Department of Public Safety reports an incident of assault Saturday in southeast Iowa’s Jackson County turned deadly. A little after 7-a.m., law Enforcement Officers from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office and the Maquoketa Police Department, responded to the 100-block of West Apple Street in Maquoketa, for a call of a physical altercation in progress. The incident lead to the arrest of Drew Edwards, of Maquoketa for assault-related charges. Soon after Edwards’ arrest, he began showing signs of a medical episode and emergency medical personnel were called to assist.

Shortly after being transported to the Jackson County Medical Center, Edwards was pronounced dead. The incident is currently under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation and the Jackson County Attorney’s Office.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A former eastern Iowa banker has been sentenced to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay $1.2 million for hampering a bank examination.

Federal prosecutors for Iowa said in a news release that 39-year-old Martin Smith, of Center Point, was sentenced Thursday to a year and a day in federal prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

Smith pleaded guilty last year to aiding and abetting the obstruction of the examination of a financial institution. Prosecutors say Smith admitted backdating a refinancing loan to obstruct an investigation by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Smith’s actions ultimately cost the bank more than $1 million.
Smith was a vice president at Center Point Bank & Trust.

(UPDATE from CBPD: “At 4:41 PM officers located the missing juveniles at 14th Street & Ave I. They were returned to Children”s Square. Thank you for your assistance.”)

The Council Bluffs Police Department this (Saturday) afternoon, asked for the public’s assistance in locating an 11 year old female and 13 year old male who ran away from Children’s Square USA (500 North 7th Street). The children were last seen around 11:30-a.m. today (June 15).

11-year old Riann Goossen is a white female, long blonde hair, wearing black shorts and white shirt. 13-year old Tyler Stevens is a white male wearing a white T-shirt, Black Adidas Pants with a white stripe and red shoes. Both are from Council Bluffs.

If these children are located please contact the Council Bluffs Police Department 712-328-4728 or call 911.

Police in Council Bluffs say a Nebraska man is wanted in connection with an incident that took place Saturday morning, in Council Bluffs. Authorities say that at about 11:26-a.m., two men got into a verbal disturbance that turned physical. The suspect, 32-year old Anthony Samaroo, of Omaha, pulled out a pocket knife and lunged at the victim, 47-year old Ronald Ferguson, of Council Bluffs, stabbing him in his right forearm.

Samaroo fled the area by bicycle prior to officer arrival. Fuerguson was transported to Mercy hospital where he was treated and released. His injures were not serious or life threatening.

Samaroo has multiple warrants through Council Bluffs and one through Douglas County. He is considered armed and dangerous, if you see him do not approach. Please contact the police department. He was last seen heading west toward Omaha.

Suspect Anthony Lee Samaroo

LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says it couldn’t wait for spring floods to recede before starting to dredge the Mississippi River because of the volume of sand that needs to be removed. Dan Cottrell is the Corps dredging manager for the St. Paul district, which stretches from Minnesota’s capital city to Guttenberg, Iowa. He told the La Crosse Tribune that the Corps starting dredging April 29.

He says the Corps has dredged 160,000 of the 1.1 million cubic yards of sediment that must be removed from his district. Cottrell says the Corps usually dredges about 980,000 cubic yards of sediment from April to November. Paul Machajewski, the district’s dredge material manager, says $29 million has been allocated for the operation to keep the river clear for navigation.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Police in several Iowa cities will hold events in the coming days to build connections with the communities they patrol. Police in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and Marshalltown will hold “Coffee with a Cop” events, which allow the public to ask questions, voice concerns and get to know police officers.

In Iowa City, officers will sit down with residents at a booth during the Iowa City Pride Festival this Saturday. Free iced coffee will be provided by Java House. In Cedar Rapids, police will hold an event Wednesday morning at a Hy-Vee grocery. In Marshalltown, the sit-down will be June 22 at Tannin.

“Coffee with a Cop” was launched in California in 2011 as a way to establish friendly, informal contact and establish trust between police officers and residents.