CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Around 3:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon, the Joint Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from Lake MacBride State Park. According to the caller, two people tipped a canoe and went under the water. Emergency services responded immediately and sent out boats for a search operation. Using sonar, crews found the victims under 23 feet of water. The Johnson County Metro Dive Team retrieved the first victim at 6:50 p.m. and the second at 7:04 p.m. They were taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics for an autopsy. The victims weren’t wearing life jackets. The victims were 28-year-old Suad Al Yasiri and 23-year-old Willie Davis. Both Yasiri and Davis were from Cedar Rapids. The Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident.
POSTVILLE, Iowa (KCRG) – A man from Postville has been taken into custody after evading arrest and traveling across state lines with a missing juvenile. On July 12th, Postville Police issued an arrest warrant for 22-year-old Jonathan J. Perez for two counts of Sex Abuse in the Third Degree. Officials made several attempts to serve the arrest warrant, but could not locate Perez. Then, on July 19th, Postville Police took a report of a missing female juvenile. During the course of the investigation, police believed that the juvenile was with Perez and that Perez had fled the state. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation was called in to assist with the investigation. Perez was located at an address in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The FBI along with Tulsa Police took Perez into custody. More charges are pending. The juvenile was also located and transferred to a safe location.
CEDAR COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) -Police are investigating after a crash late Monday night killed a pedestrian in Cedar County. Troopers say an SUV was driving on Highway 30 when a man walking on the shoulder crossed for an unknown reason. The man was identified as 38-year-old Brett Moravek of Marion. The investigation is ongoing.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) -On Friday, Iowa Governor Reynolds filed an appeal with the Iowa Supreme Court seeking to review a judge’s decision to grant a temporary injunction of the new law restricting abortion. In his ruling, the judge stated that the court must follow the Iowa Supreme Court precedent and preserve the status quo while litigation moves forward. The judge did, however, direct the Iowa Board of Medicine to adopt rulemaking under the bill’s new guidelines. The Iowa legislature passed the bill in a special session held just a couple of weeks after the Iowa Supreme Court failed to revive a 2018 law with similar wording.
