Jason r dan kelley of newton says the prison is currently understaffed and says the public was kept in the dark about this move. The Mount Pleasant facility will become a more minimum custody facility. This move will take between 8 to 12 months to complete. Live in studio, jason rantala, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Steve pete polson says he is sorry and he wishes he would have just shot himself that day, instead of hurting other people. Polson is the man who went on a shooting spree in Pleasant Hill last november, injuring 2 people. Kccis kim st. Onge is live at the polk county courthouse with an update on polsons trial. Kim polson admitted to the shootings for the first time today, but says he cant remember any of it because he was high on meth. He told jurors he had injected meth around midnight november 16, some 6 hours before he shot before that shooting in Pleasant Hill. Polson says he had a reaction to that particular meth injection hair on his neck standing up after he injec
To relapse and things get sour, including a breakup with his girlfriend just days before the shooting. His exgirlfriend says she left him because he wouldnt stop doing drugs. Narcotics agents also sees about 20 pounds of marijuana from pols ons home. Trial resumes tomorrow morning and the jury will then have to decide whether polson was too intoxicated to form the intent to kill. Kevin meanwhile the iowa , Supreme Court says it will to hear an appeal in the Richard Daughenbaugh murder case. Daughenbaugh died after being beaten by a group of people in august of 2013. A jury convicted kent tyler of Second Degree murder in the case, but this spring, the Iowa Appeals Court threw out that conviction, saying the jury had no factual basis to find tyler guilty on any of the prosecutions theories. The Iowa Attorney Generals Office asked the Supreme Court to review the Appeals Court decision. Stacey Narcotics Task force officers on surveillance helped pella Police Arrest two men in the middle of
Addict and was on meth in the hours before the shooting. However, he described the last hit of meth he took as beig different and not remembering anything about the shooting until it was all over. 1218i dont remember anything from that point on until Early Morning until the cops were all around me, just know i would never intentially do any of this im sorry from the bottom of my heart i appologize, it isnt me i would never hurt anyone like that 1240 polson went on to tell the jury he wishes he would have turned the gun on himself that day instead of the three innocent victims. The state had a chance to cross examine polson. And he kept saying while he doesnt deny he pulled the trigger he cant remember anything from the shootinand was in a drug induced state at the time. The trial resumes tomorrow morning. No word if the defense plans to call any additional witnesses. Police in knoxville released dash camera video of a hig speed chase through marion county. Officers say the driver, trav
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