Donnie has had problems like this before, we have two people in the hospital. Reporter solicitor donnie myers was charged after running into a telephone pole on thursday. s third event since 2005. Richard Richland County official kelvin washington hit another car with two people inside. Both were sent to the hospital. This was washingtons second arrest in the new year after being charged with not paying taxes in january. Public officials are going to be scrutinized more carefully than an ordinary citizen should be. They should be extra careful about their own personal conduct. Reporter john pringle is with a Watchdog Group of public officials. According to him, this these two cases are adding to a skeptical public skeptical corruption. Reporter pringle says there is nothing the public can do to oust public officials. The Council Members seth rose said it made it may be in the best interest of the public if washington steps down to address these issue. I think it would be best if he ste
The leap year birthday. An unexpected delivery makes this special day. Even more memorable. Nats from game ending surviving state. Siouxland tes advance at the Girls Basketball tournament. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom its been nearly two years since esther and Donald Neunaber were found dead in their rural akron home. Tim today her son johnathan agreed to plead guilty to the murder of his 80 year old mother. And for the first time is speaking publicly about what happen on that july day in 2014. Jenna abc9s elisa raffa was at the courthouse plea hearing was being held i struck my mother, more times than i wanted to says jonathan neunaber, pleaded guilty to murder. Shocking testimony guilty to one count murder and one injury in connection of his mother, 80 according to court records, Esther Neunaber suffered blows to the head. In july of 2014, both of neunabers parents were found dead in rural it was later father, donald
Malcolm glen elliott ii, charged with run hitandrun, resisting arrest. And a suss betweened suspended license. Thank you, david. Bill if you would like to buy a handgun right here in Mecklenburg County it could take some time, there is a delay in the permit process. A local sheriff and gunshot ownerring trying to make changes, ran en Robin Kennedy is joining us live with more. The sheriff defense tells me pistol purchase permits went up december of last year, the demand does not show signs of stopping. Some may be leaving empty handed. There were 8 of these saves full of about 500 handguns reserves for people to buy, the store cant yet sell them the guns due to a major backlog in mec length luol len berg count Mecklenburg County with the permits. Sheriff office said it has been flooded with applications. They only have 14 days to let someone know if they are approved for a purchase permit, they cant meet that deadline information comes from the clerks office. Were unable to do that now
First on 13. Two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. But for correctional officers. The escape feels like deja vu. Michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. The two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newtons facility in just one month. 28yearold edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. He was captured a day later in des moines. Now the department of corrections says it cant say for sure whether most people, if they make this choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any Public Safety or not. both men were serving sentences on drug charges. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 immediately. Were learning more about a sunday night shooting on des moines east side. Police have named the victim. H
22 year old Rashon Montgomery was last seen friday night when he left work at the isle casino in waterloo. He has diminished mental capacity and autism. Kwwls lauren moss speaking with his family today she joins us now with the latest in downtown waterloo. Ron, the family told me they cant eat they cant sleep. They just want to know where rashon is. He has autism. So they are worried he may have put himself in a so tonight they are asking for montgomeryhas worked at the isleecasino for three years. He gets picked up after comeeome since. Its something that has his closeknit family worried care about eating. I cant eat because i dont know if my child is eating or if hes okay. It just is not a good feeling at all. I dont wish this on anybody. They say this iit like hes a big teddybear. Hes a happy person. Hes funny. He will sit up and make jokes with you. And emotions are running high inside the montgomerys home. They say rashon may be in trouble without even understanddg it. He has auti