Youll hear from them. Up ahead. And. Changes to iowas medicaid system are less than a month away. Well bring you all the details from des moines. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. It was an emotional scene at the woobury county court house yesterday. As two sioux city teens were sentenced for staging a bank robbery last year crying. I love you 18 year old Angelica Perez and 19 year old heaven zevenbergen were sentenced to 5 years in prison for staging a robbery at the Security National bank located inside the hamilton boulavard hyvee store. Where zenvenbergen worked as a teller. During the robbery perez went up to zevenbergens window and demanded cash. Zevenbergen then pretended to faint to buy some get away. Both were eventually caught and pleaded guilty to 2nd degree theft in connection to the crime. A representative of the bank is saying the incident had a Lasting Impact within one week the bank lost two e
3 3 we start this morning with a cruise ship. Lawmakers want an investigation into Royal Caribbean after one of its ships sailed right into the path of a dangerous storm over the weekend. The luxury cruise liner. Along with thousands of passengers on board. Came back to its home port in bayonne new jersey wednesday night after the nightmare trip. C b s news correspondent don champion is there. 3 pkg nat man kisses the ground after a nightmare at sea. Passengers of the anthem of the seas cruise ship are back on solid ground. Sharing tales of a dream caribbean vacation gone wrong sot david link passenger the wind was coming through the doors. We thought it would break the glass. We slept on the sofa because we didnt think we were going to make it sot nat of cell phone video of waves the 200 thousand ton liner set sail for the bahamas last weekend but got caught in a major winter storm in the atlantic. The vessel was battered by 30 winds. sot dennis maher passenger i was on deck eight, an
Horrible, stupid mistake that i wish every day that i could take back. Perezs mother testified as a character witness for her daughter saying she committed this crime due to Mental Health issues. About a year before this incident occurred, started struggling with severe depression and mood disorder, which her family, her father and i, got her started on antidepressants and seeing a therapist for. Zevenbergens attorney attributes her involvement in the crime to a Sexual Assault which started a downward spiral of drugs and depression. Things changed for her on october 30th 2014. She was sexually assaulted by three men that held her down and each had intercourse with her. After that her life went downhill. Mandi sievers, a manager at Security National bank told the coujt this was more than just theft it was robbery. Our customers and employees were robbed of their that were directly affected were traumatized. Prosecutor james loomis says both women are responsible and asked for the maximu
Opened a 12 year old case. Abcs bazi kanani has the latest. Prosecutors announce for the First Time Since bill cosby has been accused of drugging d assaulting dozens of women over decades he will be arrestededn charges in one of those cases. sot kevin steele mr. Cosby is charged with aggravated indecent assault. This is a felony of the first degree the decision to charge cosby. Comes just one month before the statute of limitations would have expired in the case brought by andrea constand. The former Temple University employee accuses cosby of pennsylvania mansion in 2004. sot kevin steele on two other occasions before this, he made two other advances that were rejected. That night, he offered he drugs so she couldnt move and committed aggravated indecent assault against her. Years ago, when constand first reported the alleged assault, prosecutors decided there was not enough to evidence to pursue the case. She settled with cosby in civil court. Prosecutors say they reopened the crimin
Temperatures will hold steady and the snow will be also be coming down at a steady pace for a while longer. A full look at your 7 day forecast including how much more snow is coming and warmer temperatures ahead is next your news starts now. Announcer now live from kcautv in sioux city, iowa. This is abc9 news this midday. Jessica rae good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. Im jessica rae. The clear, siouxland is getting hit with snow this morning. Getting as much as, inches in some areas this morning, sliding on the roads, numerous reports of been called into sioux city pd, as thousands are trying to make their monday morning commute. We hav bria bell riding along in the whats it like out there jessica, in one of the dot plows this morning. So far weve traveled around the city clearing the streets. Morning. So far weve traveled around the city clearing the streets. And although the efforts to clear the streets are going accordingly, department of transporation and the siou