Jessica rae we begin this morning with a story out of sioux city, North High Schools former band director is facing felony charges. 34 year old Lucas Sursely who resigned from his position last week was arrested for Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee. While in police custody, sursely admitted to sending a lewd photo to a student. According to court documents, sursely told police after his arrest he was texting a 15 year old female student about having sex with him. The 34yearold submitted his resignion to the School One Week ago, and parents were notified about the matter in a meeting on monday. A press conference was held yesterday afternoon, where School Administrators from the district spoke on the and although the superintendent on the the circumstances surrounding the arrest, doctor paul to make it very clear theyre doing everything to resolve the situation. I assure the community that we take matters of this naturereery seririsly. This is the work that we do. We e do our wo
Jessica rae incident. A 28 year old sioux arrested after police say he stole at least 5 cars in the area. Authorities say mackquiber brackamonte stole those between october and december of this year. When police found the vehicles, they had several parts taken off of them and were in the process of being stripped. Hes currently being charged with multiple counts of felony theft and ongoing criminal conduct. A 47 thousand dollar bond. Around six this morning a call came in for a car fully engulfed in flames in the drive way of 2601 sheridan street on sioux citys north side. The car was dangerously close to the residence so caution had to be taken by the Sioux City Fire Department and Sioux City Police department that responded to the cause of the fire was not immediately detective hutton tells us the damage appears to be contained to the car. I dont believe there the house, but like i said were just getting started. It looks like most of the fire was contained to the exterior of the veh
Patrol officer during what the sheriff called a chance encounter in an apartment complex. The veteran officer returned fire but may not have hit the shooter, who ran off and became the focus of an hourslong manhunt south of the las vegas strip. He was found more than four hours later, several miles away Sheriff Joe Lombardo metro police we did have a pretty tight perimeter associated with the event and hopefully well be able to discern that from the interview with the suspect but he was able to get out of the perimeter. Michael Stevens lombardo says its not clear what prompted the shooting or how the man eluded police who blanketed a wide area around where shots were fired. There is no information yet on the identity of the suspect. Michael Stevens the sheriff says the wounded officer is a police veteran. Brian loftus michael. Was there only one person arrested in connection with the shooting . Michael Stevens brain. As of right now. All we know is one person has been arrested. More ar
Gh of 55 degrees. By early next week temperatures will start to warm up again into the upper 50s. Looks like change arrives just in time for christmas with a slight chance of showers tuesday through christmas. The Christmas Eve forecast will see a high of 57, but by Christmas Day the temperature drops to the lower 50s. Good morning. Heres a look at your fox5 Traffic Solutions lets begin with your drive here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk happening today santa will be in the crosswalk. Area Police Departments are coming together to raise Pedestrian Safety awareness during the holiday season. Fox fives Nick Lagrange joins us live in the newsroom with a preview of this mornings event. Nick . Dave and monica you may remember the why did the turkey cross the road event, metro, nhp, and ccsd police held back around thanksgiving. Thi
Outlets across the country have commented on how rare and remarkable Something Like this is to be purchased by mysterious owners when your whole industry is centered on transparency on wednesday the rj cleared up some of the confusion surrounding who owns their paper publishing a story naming casino mogul Sheldon Adelson as the new man in charge. But as rj reporters would soon find out the story was just getting started. In an article published friday rj detailed an unlikely discovery. As the 140 Million Dollar sale was being finalized their corporate managers tasked several Court Watching the behavior of sevreral reporters including a clark who oversaw a termination lawsuit against adelson. There was never that there was editorial value to this project and so i think it probably did come across as pretty strange to all our reporters on even stranger the findings were never published by the paper but an article scrutinizing that judge ended up in a connecticut newspaper linked to adels