Its been two years since jamal dean fired several shots at Sioux City Police officer kevin mccormick. After countless hours in the courtroom, the last members of his getaway team have been sentenced. The final two charged with conspiracy faced a judge in federal court. Yesterday, 34yearold Evette Morris hernandez of sioux city will spend 3 and a half years behind bars with three years of supervised release. 36yearold Esteban Hernandez of mercedes, texas received 6 months in prison and one year supervised release. They tried to drive jamal dean out of the country before they were stopped by authorities. Judge mark bennett says he took several things into consideration when deciding the sentence for the two. He says evettes was the top female member of the f13 gang in sioux city. And she was involved in the shooting of a rival gang member. Esteban was not a gang member and didnt know jamal dean. The sentencing is the end of countless hours in the courtroom and time spent investigating fo
Trump did take a swipe at the democrats. Of Hillary Clinton he said, quote legally, she shouldnt be allowed to run. He called Bernie Sanders a socialist slash communist. And, when talking about martin poll numbers, trump asked, quote whats he doing . Political activists came from all over iowa to hear donald ktiv spoke with one supporter who says shes voting for the first time in more than 20 years because trump is running. I havent voted since ors per in 1193, said trump supporter kim tranmer from des moines, iowa. Ive been saying all along if we could get a good businessman running, im going to go vote for them. Donald trumps visit to sioux city wasnt met entirely with all cheers. Ktivs robert lowe was also at todays rally. Robert, there were a lot of protesters outside west high today, werent there . Matt and sheila, thats right. In fact, more than 650 people came as far east as dubuque, iowa to silence trump. The group of protesters says theyre upset with trumps comments toward his
Around a wall along the u. S. Mexico border, but trump was short on specifics in sioux city. Trump says immigration is the key to his economic plan. Were also gonna get jobs for the people who are here, trump said. By working to zero out a trade imbalance that, he says, costs the u. S. 400billion in china, and 70billion in japan. Theyre leaders are beating us, said trump, theyre smarter, sharper, and more cunning. The billionare businessman says, if elected, hed negotiate better deals to cut tariffs, and sell more americanmade products overseas. Nobody can do it like i can do it, trump said. Trump says those steps could prompt u. S. Companies to create more jobs. And, he made a promise. If i dont get rid of 100billion in four years, get rid of me, trump said. Few in this room would agree to do it as trump tries to shore up support with less than 100 days until the iowa caucus. In sioux city, with chief photographer jordan ogren, matt breen, ktiv news 4. Trump did take a swipe at the de
System president to resign. As Andrew Spencer reports, the teams players are sticking together at least publicly as more than two dozen say theyll boycott team activities. Online, the mizzou mily stands as one, posting this picture of the team. The move comes after graduate student Jonathan Butler started a Hunger Strike last week. He accuses the universitys leadership of not doing enough to address racism on campus and push mizzou in a positive direction. Jonathan Butler started Hunger Strike im in this, because its that serious. Were dealing with humanity here, and at this point, we cant afford to continue to work with individuals who just donon care for their constituents. Univerty of missouri system president tim wolfe issued a statement saying, in part, that he is dedicated to ongoing dialogue to address these very complex societal issues giving no sign that he intends to resign. Im Andrew Spencer, reporting. At least four people are dead and more than a dozen others were injured
Block of south alice street. The invaders assaulted a man in the home while holding a woman at gunpoint. The two suspects took off with tvs, game consoles, and other electronics. Police dont have a description of the attackers at this time. If you have any information, you are urged to call the Sioux City Police immediately. 3 the sioux city teen accused of starting a Dumpster Fire outside a Dollar Tree Store earlier this year is changing his plea. 18 year old Jeremiah Verbeski had pleaded not guilty to charges of 2nd degree arson and criminal mischief. Today, he accepted a plea deal. Pleading guilty to the criminal mischief charge. As part of the deal. The arson charge was dismissese and verbeski was sentenced to 50 hours of Community Service and three years probation. Police say verbeski lit a pine cone on fire and threw it into the dumpster outside of dollar tree on october 12th. That fire destroyed the dumpster and caused a aestimated 5 thousand dollars in damage to the store. 3 on