Tag Archives: crime

• Crime

  Beware the storm damage cleanup scam

  Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller says Iowans need to watch for possible scams involving tree trimmers taking advantage of storm victims.
• Crime

  Escapees among 6 arrested during heroin bust

  Two people wanted in Fulton County, Illinois for escape were among a half-dozen people arrested after undercover drug buys were made by police.
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  Vandals strike East Moline park

  Police estimated the damage at $10,000 after vandals broke trash cans, overturned benches and spray painted graffiti at Millenium Park…
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  Chad Welsh murder trial update

  A former Burlington car salesman accused of strangling to death a pregnant prostitute called in sick three days over the…
• Crime

  14 charged after Davenport pharmacy burglarized twice

  Police said they recovered stolen pills and charged more than a dozen people in connection with two burglaries at a…
• Crime

  Murdered Quad City woman was pregnant at the time of her death

  Testimony continues in a Scott County courtroom this week, in the case of a former Iowa car salesman accused of…
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  Wireless carriers fighting phone theft

  A rise in the theft of smart phones, cell phones and tablets across the country has prompted the wireless industry to take steps aimed at minimizing the usefulness of a stolen device.
• Crime

  Jail, not prison time for former youth minister caught in online sex sting

  A former youth minister at an Illinois church is headed to jail for exposing himself on a computer webcam to…
• Crime

  Five-year-old takes heroin to school

  A five-year-old Connecticut boy reportedly got the heroin he took to “show and tell” from his stepfather.
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  Man arrested after Moline chase ends in Bettendorf crash

  Police said the driver of a vehicle that didn’t stop for police in Moline and in Bettendorf eventually crashed and…
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  Woman robbed outside Sterling Library

  Police hope someone can help them identify a man who allegedly snatched a purse from a 66-year-old woman Easter Sunday.
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  Davenport business used as drug front

  Two Davenport, Iowa men were sentenced to prison for cocaine and marijuana trafficking that involved a Davenport business.