Best arguments today to close the case. And nothing was off limits. Limits. He planned and he premeditated the murder of lynnsey donald, that is he had plenty of time to think about what he was going to do before he did it. It. When you investigate a little bit further is that nick obviously suffers from a severe illness and disease and so theres much more to this case. Still, the state argued luerkens Mental Health was not an excuse for his crime. Crime. Even dr. Rosell admitted that despite his depression he still had the mental capacity to understand that he was committing a crime. The Surveillance Video and the notebook that had luerkens allegedly plotting to kill donald was shown to the jury again. But the defense fired back, saying thats not the full story. Story. They act as if all you need is a video and a journal and that is not the case in this situation, thats not your job. Your job is to consider all the evidence. Evidence. In this case, the defendant Nicholas Luerkens has
Mental capacity to understand that he was committing a crime. The Surveillance Video and the notebook that had luerkens allegedly plotting to kill donald was shown to the jury again. But the defense fired back, saying that not the full stoto. Ststy. They act as if all you need is a video and a journal and that is not the case in this situation, thats not your job. Your job is t consider all the evidence. Evidence. In this case, the defendant Nicholas Luerkens has proved to you by his own actions and his own words thatat he i iguilty and that he is guilty of the crime of murder in the first degree. Degree. The defense has asked the jury to consider Second Degree murder charges instead of firstdegree for luerkens, that would acknowledge that he committed the crime but also that he had a mental disorder at the time. Well see what they decide on monday. Dora miller fox 28 news. Cbs 2 news ten at ten continues now with more of the corridors top stories. Stories. The university of iowa is en
Boulevard closed in 2002. Leaving about 150 people out of work. It later served as a warehouse for bomgaars. Now one of the nations largest processors of organic ingredients is moving in. American natural processors of cherokee already has facilities in in cherokee, galva and hartley. The Company Hopes to have the sioux City Building remodeled and running by next fall. Creating about 20 to 25 jobs. Owner mark schuett shoot says the company processes ingredients that include corn, canola, flax, rice, soy and peas. 3 3 Sioux City Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station on the near northside. The kum and go store at 14th and pierce was robbed just before 4 30 this morning. Surveillance video of the stations parking lot even shows the robber chasing some of the stolen cash. Police say theyre looking for a hispanic or native american man in his 20s. The suspect is around 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. He was wearing a grey hoodie and a jacksonville armed wi
Centralliowa at 8 00 pm, moves the timing on that would be after midnight. The wind gusts at 8pm in western iowa are 45 thursday. The wind will be gusty thursday night into friday morning and then taper off fridayafternoon evening. High profile vehicles need to use caution on the rood tonight will end before sunrise thursday and the clouds will clear from west to east during the morning hours. When you get that alert telling you to seek shelter r immediatelyy. You never know where you are going to be. In Black Hawk Countythey got creative at one local Grocery Store kwwls Olivia Mancino joins us live in waterloo with the story if youre ever ii a situation where theres an impending strong storm or tornado its always advised you seek shelter somewhere away from windows, sturdy, and low to the ground well at one local hyhyvee there windows. So employees thought fast, and you never know when a storm will hi. In the midst of heavy storms and a Tornado Warning in Black Hawk County wednesday,
Streets. Ive been living here for 20 years, and its quiet to me barry lives near where this crash happened. He says it doesnt change his perspepetive on waterloo, and it couudnt. Waterloo is a fairly safe neighborhood by in large and the people are friendly others we spoke to agree. You may recognize this man. He isnt a stranger to our cameras. S. Leon mosley is a man whos lived in waterloo his entire life. Hes seen how the violence has transpired. I love it here, i grew up here, few bad apple families in waterloo creating the problems many conversations with police back up that statement. Were down where we should be, but we still got too many mosley says as soon n s certain groups can be dissolved, and brought to justice for their crimes. Back to responding to calls for barking dogs instead of fired guns i checked in with some other cities in eastern iowa to see how they measured up to waterloo so far Cedar Rapids Police have sponded to 87 reports of shots fired, while Dubuque Police