After being cleared in the case, Ariel Castro’s brothers say he is “a monster” who should rot in jail.
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Bodies found in Indiana home
Four bodies with gunshot wounds were found in a southern Indiana home late Saturday night, authorities said.
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Sandwich shop worker punched over pickles
A woman at a subway station was so angry about “too many pickles” on her sandwich that she punched an employee and shoved two jars of pickles at her.
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Iowa boy robbed while looking for lawn mowing jobs
An Iowa City man is accused of robbing a boy who went door-to-door looking for lawn mowing jobs.
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Silvis man pleads guilty to concealment of body in homicide
A Silvis man plead guilty Friday morning to concealment of a homicidal death, for helping to dump the body of…
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Iowa man receives prison sentence for dealing meth and marijuana
A New London man was sentenced to over eight years in prison for dealing drugs from his source in Chicago.
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Iowa man gets prison sentence for stealing trees
A Des Moines man was sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing black walnut trees from several locations in Iowa.
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Iowa shooting hoax blamed on ‘SWATing’
Nearby homes were evacuated and dozens of police responded to a Des Moines report of an armed man shooting his mother and threatening to use explosives – and it was all fake.
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Davenport man charged with bigamy
A Davenport man is accused of marrying in March without first divorcing his previous wife.
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Galesburg shop busted for synthetic drugs for second time
A 78-year-old man and two people in their fifties are charged in connection with the alleged sale of bath salts and other synthetic drugs out of a shop in Galesburg, Illinois.
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Iowa man imprisoned for holding wife hostage
An Iowa man has been sentenced after pleading guilty to holding his wife hostage back in July of 2012.
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$8-million bond set for Cleveland kidnapping suspect
A prosecutor claims Ariel Castro maintained his home as a prison for three young women, holding them in seclusion and sexually assaulting them for his own pleasure.
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Jury finds Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder
An Arizona jury Wednesday found Jodi Arias guilty of first-degree murder for killing Travis Alexander in June 2008.
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