Were most often looking for cash. Thats changed and now they dont even have to break in pkg nat locked doornat open doornat locked doornat open door in this parking lot we found about three out of every ten cars werent even locked. Cedar Rapids Police say in nearly half of all home burglaries crooks just walked in. Greg 5 22 35 weve seen almost a doubling of the counterfeit and forgery cases. Greg beulow its all connected in addition to jewelry and electronics thieves are now looking for check books. Greg beulow crpd spokesman 5 23 39 then taking those checks, forging them, writing names, writing amounts and having them able to steal cash so really its almost like a double whammy. Police also warn not to put checks in outgoing mail those red flags tell thieves they can grab and copy them. Elaina 5 42 09 we encourage our customers to use quality special safety paper. At fairfax state savings [no audio] used or copied. She says its also good protection to have a bank that knows you. Elai
Leighton pullins family in means so much more. I said if you know this is grandma give me a thumbs up, and he went like this and i said if you love me, give me thumbs work and i did and got here as soon as i could. Its a sign his family has been praying for. Leighton has been unresponsive for weeks, suffering a fractured skull and brain damage after being hit by truck. Miracle this is a miracle, we never thought we would see this would ever come out of the way he was. Now look at him. Hit it back to me. Oh wow, thats a spike. His doctors and nurses at covenants rehab center, are helping him move, and communicate with his hands. Grab the orange one. Theres a long road aheadleighton strong. Thats hard each and every day. It is a miracle we put it in gods hands, i cant tell you what it feels like, its wonderful. One thumb at a time. Says he loves super heroes. I asked him about it today and got kwwl. As you can imagine, his medical expenses have been a lot on the family a family friend is
When fire breaks out in a rural Fire District help is day, a lot more volunteers were able to respond, but that is not always the case. When fire breaks out in a rural Fire District, help is critical. If it is a fire call, we will get the departments in route right away. Just so that we have backup coming. Reporter volunteer departments require depend on Mutual Aid Agreements t the emergency may vary. So, you need have other departments come in to assist you. Reporter most volunteers work fulltime jobs and not everybody can answer the call. You can pretty much guarantee that a lot of Department Members are going to be out of town working. Reporter even when a full crew comes in, they cannot kappell of firefighter cannot stay in that position that long and need to get rest. We are blessed that they will come. They are always willing to help. Every Department Around this area. We are all willing to help each other take care of the problem. Reporter now, the cause of this fire is undeterm
University of iowa students are starting early to improve the relationship between police and the communit. Community. Students invited local Police Officers to participate in a public discussion yesterday. The goal is to break down barriers and better understand organizers of the thin line between black and blue event say they have to start the conversation early to build healthy relationships. Without us understanding the logistics of what they go through then how can we wedge the gap . Without them understanding the history of students and black americans have gone through. Wedge the say they have to do more than talk. Actions have to be taken in order to truly see change. A federal judge has now closed a hearing in the racefueled Charleston Church shooting case involving suspect dylann roof. Roof. The 22yearold is facing federal hate crimes and other charges in the Church Massacre last year that killed 9 black parishioners. A judge ruled late last night that closing todays hearing
Black and blue and lays out the struggle. With any relationship, it takes two to make it work. On the university of iowa campus, students say its no different. Gabrielle 05 43 57 we cant act as if everything is perfect in this liberal city right, because thats not the reality that we live in. Nationally, the relationship between police and African Americans is tense with incidents in dallas and florida. Gabrielle 05 44 22 if we want to avoid close or near to what theyre a experiencing then we need to start the conversation. We need to be proactive. So students approached Law Enforcement in the area to dissolve that thin line between black americans and police. Gabrielle miller 05 44 50 without us understanding the logistics of what they go through then how can we wedge that gap . Police say they also have a job to the public to protect, serve and be open. Alton 05 38 22 transparency you cant build credibility without transparency. Alton 05 41 22 i hope that not just here in iowa city,