DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – A suspect sought after two people were found dead in Marshall County on Friday morning has been caught, according to officials. Illias Julian Lasley, 29, was arrested in Des Moines on Saturday in the 4700 block of Merle Hay Road, according to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with two counts of first-degree murder with additional charges pending. At around 1:45 a.m. on Friday, April 19, sheriff’s deputies were sent to 2645 182nd Street, located in a rural area north of Marshalltown. Officials discovered two dead bodies at the residence, later identified as Mario Murillo, 28, of Marshalltown, and Frances Tillie Gasca, 33, of Marshalltown. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, Marshalltown Police Department, Tama County Sheriff’s Office, Grinnell Police Department, Meskwaki Police Department, Mid-Iowa Drug Task Force, Marshall County Attorney’s Office, Iowa State Patrol, and U.S. Marshal’s Office assisted in the investigation and search.
DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Television Iowa Capitol Bureau) – The 2024 Iowa legislative session is now over. Lawmakers worked through the night and adjourned sine die just before 4:30 Saturday morning. Lawmakers worked into the overnight hours two days in a row to get the session wrapped up. The graveyard shift at the end of the General Assembly saw various bills, tax proposals, and budgets introduced in a rush to get to the finish line. The last thing lawmakers did before heading home was pass the standings budget, which is a catch all budget that ties up any loose ends. Lawmakers also passed an income tax cut, bringing the tax rate down to 3.8% starting in January. Republicans say it’ll save taxpayers an extra $1 billion a year. Democrats say it won’t help 500,000 Iowans who don’t make enough to pay income tax. Roughly 150 bills this session made it to Governor Reynolds’ desk. Friday, she signed 41 of them into law. She now has 30 days to decide whether or not to put her signature the rest.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – An Iowa City man has been sentenced to 144 months in federal prison for being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition. According to court records, on July 3, 2022, 34-year-old Chris Lee Gordon possessed a stolen and loaded pistol at an apartment in Iowa City, Iowa. While Gordon slept, a three-year-old child staying at the apartment, got out of bed, found Gordon’s pistol, and fatally shot himself. Gordon, reportedly heard the gunshot, got up, and saw the injured child, picked up his pistol, and ran out of the apartment. Officials say that same pistol was then used in the following weeks, as part of a fatal shooting. Gordon was officially arrested in possession of another firearm on July 24, 2022. Gordon will be required to serve three years of supervised release after completing his term. There is no parole in the federal system.
DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) – On Friday, Iowa attorney general Brenna Bird joined 25 states in an effort to stop the EPA from enforcing tailpipe emission reductions. The EPA says the plan would cut emissions by 49% by the year 2032 and would reduce greenhouse gs emissions by 7.2 billion tons through 2055. However, Bird and other republican state attorney generals have filed a lawsuit against the rule, saying that it would “cripple the American economy.” “Biden’s electric vehicle mandate forces Iowans to buy electric cars and trucks that either do not exist or that they do not want,” said Attorney General Bird. “His most recent mandate bans gas-powered cars, kills jobs, hurts renewable fuels, and raises costs for used and new cars. Farmers will be forced to buy electric pickups and families will have to buy electric cars that they cannot afford. I am suing to put a stop to Biden’s radical green agenda and electric vehicle mandates.” Iowa joins Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming in the lawsuit.
