03/08/21
A third Iowa City man has been arrested after allegedly being one of the people who assisted a landlord during an attack on a tenant.
Police say that 36-year-old Rolando Mendez lives next door to his landlord, 68-year-old Suzanne Dashner, on Sycamore Street. They are in a dispute with someone at the apartment below Mendez. On the evening of February 10th, Dashner allegedly enlisted the help of Mendez, 44-year-old Gilberto Mendez Ayala and 68-year-old Gilberto Mendez Marquez to help her break into the victim’s apartment and kick them out.
Reportedly armed with baseball bats and a construction board, the four broke into the apartment. The victim was allegedly hiding in the bedroom and on the phone with 911. Dashner and the men are accused of kicking in the bedroom door, threatening the victim, and Dashner allegedly hit the victim in the leg with a wooden bat.
Hunter 02/25/21 An Iowa City landlord has been taken into custody after allegedly breaking into the unit of a person she had a civil dispute with. According to