First on 13. A Roosevelt High School coach and teacher is behind bars this morning. Hes facing felony charges. After turning himself into police yesterday. Gerald tig johnson is charged with Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. Hes the Girls Basketball coach. Johnson is being held in the polk county jail. At this point in time we dont have a lot of details. The complaint was made with the Des Moines Police department and so the report is with them. Weve not seen that yet and so we dont have information on the timing or the exact accusations that are being made right now. Though the Des Moines School district is waiting to learn the details surrounding the case. The game must go on. The Girls Varsity Basketball Team took on hoover last night, lead by their assistant coaches. The district says another teacher is assuming johnsons duties in the classroom. Administrative leave pending the results of the investigation. The man who went on a s
58 4058 48 were very lucky, we had some minor injuries, all were seen by our ambulance, no one transported to the hospital so were very lucky now to southwest iowa. In corning where a manufacturing plant suffered heavy damage. Production at precision pulley and idler came to an abrupt halt. The storm tore up the roof, smashed out a window and damaged the warehouse. Workers say it seemed to come out of nowhere. We just were having some rain, it was calm. All of the sudden the wind kicked up. I mean it was a matter of three, four seconds. It was boom and it was over with just as quickly as it came in. The Winterset School District is also picking up the pieces. The storm hit just before students were supposed to be sent home for the day. 11 3911 48 as we assess the damage we lost our scoreboard here at the football field, the roof on our softball dugout and some other assorted things were missing that we had this morning the 65thousand dollar scoreboard couldnt withstand the wind. It was
In february 2013, three teenagers injured and disabled mike wasike during a car jacking in des moines. Wasike injuries forcde him to do therapy outside of the state in oklahoma. So this Holiday Season was extra special. He got the ultimate gift this year. He was able come home for the holidays. Channel 13s mike dasilva has more. it feels complete. I can feel like my familys complete again, because we were pretty much like split apart with him being far. surrounded by family and friends, 39 yearold holidays. actually, if he didnt come back last week i would be in oklahoma today, i was planning to drive down yesterday until like january 2nd, so this means a lot to us, this is our Christmas Gift this year. wasike arrived at this care center in mitchellville last tuesday. He had been undergoing therapy at a rehabilitation clinic in tulsa, oklahoma. i had to plan a trip either once a month or twice a month and it would take me like nine hours to see him. mikes wife joan and their two kids s
He hit two people and barely missed a third during his shooting spree in november of 2014. During the witness statements polson struggled to look directly at them. One victim asked for polson not to take the stand saying his apologies wouldnt matter. However he did blaming his addiction and abuse with drugs i wish now that every bullet would have hit me instead. It is impossible to come to terms with this. I hope that when i say im sorry, it heals in some way pete polson the victims say they are pleased with the sentencing and are glad it is over. Polsons attorney plans to appeal. A Des Moines High School Girls Basketball coach appeared in court today. Gerald tig johnson is charged with Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. The district says a teacher is assigned to assume johnsons classroom duties at Roosevelt High School and assistant coaches will be leading the basketball team. He has been leave pending the results of the investigation
Volleyball nets. See how its helping leaders prepare for the sports spotlight next year. I235 63 and i80 35 at merle hay first on 13. A des moines extend the citys Tax Abatement Program. But now. Council members are accusing her of putting developers ahead of taxpayers. Well, she handles financing, tax syndicator for three out of the five projects that we voted on, not to mention probably some of the other projects in the past shes voted on, since 2013, since shes worked there. Christine hensley works for midwest housing equity group. A Syndication Firm that handles tax credits for developers. Thats why shes taking heat for sponsoring an amendment to extend the Tax Abatement Program for multi family housing. The program was set to expire at the end of the year for companies that hadnt started construction. But the deadline was pushed back to the end of june. By a narrow vote of four to three monday night. Hensley didnt recuse herself from the vote. And shes standing by that decision. I