With another warm up to the upper 40s a surprising turn of events today in the trial of a man girlfriends daughter. Joe lopez is charged with first degree murder. Prosecutors say he abused 20 monthold ruby alvarez fracturing her skull and breaking her ribs. Today. Alvarezs mother took the stand. were you still in a romantic relationship with mr. Lopez . it was on and off, um, he would force sexual intercourse with me. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler well, lets just talk about did you write him a love letter . Nan horvat assistant polk county attorney i did. nissa alvarez mother of deceased toddler 24 yearold nissa alvarez was living with lopez at the time of her daughters death in 2014. After that unexpected testimony. The defense asked the judge to declare a mistrial. 12 39 3959 i have carefully for considered the motion for mistrial based upon the information that mr. Brown indicated was the basis for his motion. I am declaring a mistrial. Council for the parties. Cut it out
Charges have been dropped for two men involved in a fight that injured a western iowa principal. Mills county prosecutors dropped Assault Charges against 19 yearold denvnv cook and 21yearold colton mcdaniel. Police say they were involved in a fight outside the home of richard hutchinson, the African American principal at glenwood high school. Police say a racial slur led to an attack on hutchinson and his stepson, hurl beechum. They say beechum got away, came back with a gun, and shot mcdaniel in the leg. Beechum, a former Iowa State University basketball player, is still charged in the case. He faces one count of intimidation with a dangerous weapon. His trial iset to begin next week. Mills county prosecutors say they dropped charges on the other two men because they were not responsible for starting the fight. A cedar falls man is behind bars for robbing a First National bank. 26yearold Jon Ellingson from the bank, changed his clothes, and then police took him into custody. Police we
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