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Iowa sex offender sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for enticing high school students
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Under is a roundup of sentences handed down this week in federal courts in Nebraska and Iowa, in accordance with updates from the U.S. Lawyer’s places of work.
Performing U.S. Lawyer Steven Russell, whose workplace is in Omaha, reminds the general public that there isn’t any parole within the federal system.
Quinn Matthew Sorensen, 23, of Missouri Valley, was sentenced on Tuesday in federal courtroom in Iowa to 14 years in jail after pleading responsible to transporting, coercing, and engaging a minor. He can even be required to sever 12 years of supervised launch after serving his jail sentence and might be required to register as a intercourse offender. In accordance with a launch from the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace of the Southern District of Iowa, Sorensen was found to be having a relationship with a Millard West Excessive College freshman after college students informed a college useful resource officer there. Investigators found that he was corresponding with a number of women at the highschool by way of textual content and Snapchat messages, encouraging highschool freshmen up to now him and have interaction in sexual acts. He additionally offered them with alcohol and marijuana. In a single occasion, Sorensen picked up a scholar in Omaha and transported her to his condo in Missouri Valley.
Jose Ramon Cisneros Perez, 22, was sentenced this week in federal courtroom in Omaha for receipt and tried receipt of kid pornography. Decide Robert F. Rossiter sentenced Cisneros to eight years in federal jail adopted by 15 years of supervised launch. The case originated in Kansas Metropolis, Mo., after the daddy of a 10-year-old woman there reported that his daughter had been speaking on-line with somebody who had requested her to ship sexually express images of herself. By way of undercover work, a detective in Kansas Metropolis decided that the suspect’s IP tackle was at an Omaha residence. Investigators executed a search warrant on the residence, and Cisneros admitted to participating within the dialog with the Kansas Metropolis little one in addition to having related conversations with different youngsters on-line. “Forensic examinations of Cisneros’s digital gadgets confirmed pictures of kid pornography saved on the gadgets,” the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace launch states.
Melissa Grantski, 51, of Seward, was sentenced this week in Lincoln by U.S. Decide John M. Gerrard for “willful failure to gather or pay over employment taxes.” She was sentenced to 5 years probation and 10 weekends of intermittent confinement. She was additionally fined greater than $58,000 in restitution. In October 2017, IRS officers observed Grantski had an unpaid tax debt for failing to pay payroll taxes for a trucking firm in Seward throughout seven quarters from 2015 to 2017. They later found that she was already on probation for the same conviction out of Seward County. “Investigators unsuccessfully labored with Grantski to return into compliance with tax legal guidelines and repay her tax debt,” the discharge states.
Christian Genchi, 29, of Omaha, was sentenced Friday by Decide Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to fifteen years in jail for possessing with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possessing a firearm throughout a drug trafficking crime. On Aug. 9, 2021, Omaha Police searched a house and located a protected within the storage. The protected belonged to Genchi and had a revolver and three kilos of meth inside.
Josiah Negley, 35, of Holdrege, was sentenced Friday by Decide Robert F. Rossiter Jr. to 10 years in jail for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or extra of methamphetamine. On March 30, 2019, police bought a search warrant for a constructing in Kearney. Negley was within the constructing in the course of the search, which ended within the seizure of 117 grams of meth. Co-defendants additionally allegedly indicated they went to Colorado to get meth to deliver again to Kearney to promote.
Anthony L. Taylor, 34, was sentenced Friday by Decide Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. to 2 years and 6 months in jail for being an addict in possession of a firearm. On April 10, 2020, a supply working for the ATF purchased a handgun from Taylor, who was a person of medication throughout this time.
Wesley S. Cassidy, 27, of Wallace, was sentenced Friday by Decide John M. Gerrard to 4 years and two months in jail for armed financial institution theft. On Aug. 19, 2021, Cassidy went into the Flatwater Financial institution in Gothenburg, Nebraska with a knife and demanded cash. After getting cash from the teller, Cassidy fled the financial institution and was apprehended shortly after.
Andrea Rodriguez, 42, of Norfolk, was sentenced Friday by Decide John M. Gerrard to 4 years probation and a $10,000 positive for 2 counts of embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal group lower than $1,000. From July 2019 till to October 2020, Rodriguez was employed by the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska because the Director of the Ponca Tribe’s Home Violence Division. Rodriguez was answerable for dealing with cash that the Ponca tribe acquired from the 2018 Victims of Crime Act Help Grant. Rodriguez allegedly created false reimbursement requests from home violence victims. The false requests had been for paying the payments of home violence victims, as an alternative, they had been used to pay Rodriguez’s personal private payments. Rodriguez acquired roughly $19,431.57 in tribal funds in the course of the scheme.
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No Beau: What's Next for Iowa in the Portal?
On Sunday evening, we learned that Iowa officially missed out on Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula, a big target out of the transfer portal. After visits to Iowa, Missouri, UCF and Ole Miss, the former Nittany Lion elected to take his talents to Mizzou.
So what’s next for the Hawkeyes? What other available targets are worth looking into? Is their best option not in the portal (yet)?
Let’s take a look at what Iowa could do next at the QB position, with its top target off the board.
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MN dog missing for 2 years found in Iowa
(FOX 9) – The holidays are much brighter for a Twin Cities couple who were recently reunited with their mini goldendoodle. Their dog ran away more than two years ago.
Corduroy the dog goes missing
The backstory: Some of you may remember when Corduroy went missing two years ago. His owners searched everywhere but no dog. Their search ended last month when Corduroy was found in Iowa.
“I went up to him, bent down, and had him smell me, and I said, Do you remember me?,” said Chris Hoefer, Corduroy’s dad.
October 22, 2022 is a day the couple will never forget.
“A friend of ours was dog sitting room. Our friend was taking him on a walk, and he was actually attacked by another dog. He broke loose of his collar and ran away,” said Hoefer.
Finding a missing dog
What We Know: It’s a moment Chris Hoefer and his husband have been waiting for since Corduroy went missing. They’re now embracing the love and joy of having him again.
“He’s so comfortable with us, and he’s still just such a sweet and gentle dog that you know, the same dog that he was two years ago,” said Christiaan Montgomery, Corduroy’s dad.
What followed was nearly 500 tips and two years of searching led nowhere. That is, until this one voicemail:
We had a stray dog come in and we scanned for microchips, and checking that chip, it came registered to you.
It was on November 10 by the Dubuque Iowa Humane Society.
“I was in disbelief. And I couldn’t believe that it was in Dubuque, Iowa, which is almost 300 miles away from here,” said Montgomery.
The couple took the drive, and Corduroy was able to come home for the holidays because of his microchip.
“I’ve been keeping his chip active since he went missing, just in the hopes that one day he might show up at a location where they had a scanner,” said Montgomery.
What’s next: Lindsay Koopmann with The Retrievers Volunteer Last Dog Team says if you find a stray dog, get it scanned. So, dogs like Corduroy can enjoy Christmas with their parents.
“There’s no way he ever would have made his way home here and be reunited without being microchipped,” said Koopmann.
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How To Watch Pop Tarts Bowl: Iowa State vs. Miami, Bowl Game TV Schedule
The Miami Hurricanes are back in action for the final time this season as they look to prove that they were one of the best teams in the league this season as they face the Iowa State Cyclones in the Pop-Tarts Bowl in Orlando.
What is better for the Canes is that most of their starting player from this previous season will be participating instead of opting out.
That means the No. 1 offense in the country will be on full display with Heisman finalist and the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Winner Cam Ward taking the field with All-American Xavier Restrepo and the rest of the electric offense for the Hurricanes.
This will be the final game of a great, yet disappointing season for the Hurricanes but the morale is high as year three of the Mario Cristobal Era comes to a close.
Who: Miami vs. Iowa State
When: 3:30 p.m. on ABC
Where: Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL
Series: First contest between the two teams.
Last time out, Miami: Miami came up short of reaching the ACC Championship Game after failing to stop the electric offense of the Syracuse Orange and losing 42-38 in the final game of the regular season.
Last time out, Iowa State: The Cyclones got blown out in the Big 12 Championship game against winners Arizona State 45-19 as they struggled to find offense all game long.
Mon., Dec. 23
Myrtle Beach Bowl
Coastal Carolina vs. UTSA
11 a.m. on ESPN
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Northern Illinois vs. Fresno State
2:30 p.m. on ESPN
Tues., Dec. 24
Hawai’i Bowl
South Florida vs. San Jose State
8 p.m. on ESPN
Thurs., Dec. 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl
Pittsburgh vs. Toledo
2 p.m. on ESPN
Rate Bowl
Rutgers vs. Kansas State
5:30 p.m. on ESPN
68 Ventures Bowl
Arkansas State vs. Bowling Green
9 p.m. on ESPN
Fri., Dec. 27
Armed Forces Bowl
Navy vs. Oklahoma
12 p.m. on ESPN
Birmingham Bowl
Vanderbilt vs. Georgia Tech
3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Liberty Bowl
Arkansas vs. Texas Tech
7 p.m. on ESPN
Holiday Bowl
Syracuse vs. Washington State
8 p.m. on Fox
Las Vegas Bowl
Texas A&M vs. USC
10:30 p.m. on ESPN
Sat., Dec. 28
Fenway Bowl
North Carolina vs. UConn
11 a.m. on ESPN
Pinstripe Bowl
Nebraska vs. Boston College
12 p.m. on ABC
New Mexico Bowl
TCU vs. Louisiana
2:15 p.m. on ESPN
Pop-Tarts Bowl
Miami vs. Iowa State
3:30 p.m. on ABC
Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
Colorado State vs. Miami (OH)
4:30 p.m. on CW Network
Military Bowl
NC State vs. East Carolina
5:45 p.m. on ESPN
Alamo Bowl
Colorado vs. BYU
7:30 p.m. on ABC
Independence Bowl
Army vs. Louisiana Tech
9:15 p.m. on ESPN
Mon., Dec. 30
Music City Bowl
Missouri vs. Iowa
2:30 p.m. on ESPN
Tues., Dec. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl
Alabama vs. Michigan
12 p.m. on ESPN
Sun Bowl
Louisville vs. Washington
2 p.m. on CBS
Citrus Bowl
South Carolina vs. Illinois
3 p.m. on ABC
Texas Bowl
LSU vs. Baylor
3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Thurs., Jan. 2
Gator Bowl
Ole Miss vs. Duke
7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Fri., Jan. 3
First Responder Bowl
North Texas vs. Texas State
4 p.m. on ESPN
Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech
7:30 p.m. on ESPN
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Sat., Jan. 4
Bahamas Bowl
Buffalo vs. Liberty
11 a.m. on ESPN2
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