Officer cried uncontrollably in front of a packed courtroom as he was found guilty of sexually assaulting eight women. The officer now faces a possible sentence of more than 260 years in prison. The prosecution says officer holtzclaw used his power as an officeceto prey on women he could intimidate and bully into silence. Don champion has the latest from new york. 3 3 pkg nats the defendant is Sexual Battery and set punishment at 8 years daniel verdict was read aloud. Birthday a jury found him the 36 counts he faced including firstand Sexual Battery. The jury 3 recommended a 263year sentence. sot david want to assure this community that the ok City Police Department did the right thing, the ok countys da office did the right thing. The jury did the right thing, and were going to ask the judge that this defendant never sees the light of day. His badge to violate at least 13 black women over a sevenmonth period. All of the cases in the lowincome neighborhood he patrolled. But Defense Att
Sunday being central iowas best chance for more showers. Next week well fall back to the 40s and then 20s with a couple small snow chances. Sabrina lets get into the top five this lets get into the top five this morning. Sabrina we begin with a breaking overnight story out of woodward. Whe re just before two am this morning local authorities were able to bring a standoff to a peaceful end. The Woodward Police chief said that they had negotiated with the driver of a vehicle for just over an hour, and that the person did have a weapon. We are still working on more details on this story, look for more ahead on local five news and online at we are iowa dot com. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Girls basketball coach and special Education Teacher is in jail this morning. Charge d with felony sex abuse of a student. Des Moines Police say 46 year old gerald tig johnson turned himself in yesterday afternoon. A warrant had been placed for his arrest over the charges. The school has
Jail tonight. Stephanie it looks like guns will be a popular gift this christmas, Sheriffs Offices across the state are struggling to keep up with the demand for permits to carry. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa jack 2shot good evening and welcome to local 5 news, home of we are iowa dot com. Im jack miller. Stephanie 2shot and im stephanie angleson. Glad youre with us tonight. Stephanie a roosevelt Girls Basketball coach and special Education Teacher is in jail tonight. Charged with felony sex abuse of a student. Stephanie Des Moines Police say 46 year old gerald tig johnson. Is facing charges of Sexual Exploitation by a school employee. And assualt with intent to commit sexual abuse. Investigators say he turned himself into authorities this afternoon after a warrant was placed for his arrest. This. Just hours before his team was set to play a game tonight. Local fives Nikki Davidson joins us now with more. Nikki right. Us coach johnson has been placed on adminstrativ
Shooting spree last year gets prison time. Sabrina wxhang local 5s Claire Powell joins us now, and claire, you were at the sentencing today. Claire wxhang sabrina, pete polson also known as the Pleasant Hill shooter took the stand again today for his sentencing. Claire polson was found guilty on several charges including attempted murder stemming from a a shooting in Pleasant Hill on november 17th of last year. This morning, a judge sentenced polson to 55 years in prison with a mandatory minimum of 27. 5 years. The november 2014 shooting severly injured two people a third person was narrowly missed. Polson said he was heavily intoxicated at the time and didnt remember much from the shooting. All three emotional victims took the stand today telling polson he deserves everything he gets. My kids were in there. Bullet went through my house. You couldve killed my kids. Slam you dont care, theres a special place in hell for guys like you. Hope you rot in prison and claire wxhang after the s
Story, look for more ahead on local five news and online at we are iowa dot com. Sabrina in the number two spot this morning. Sabrina a roosevelt Girls Basketball coach and special Education Teacher is in jail this morning. Charge d with felony sex abuse of a student. Des Moines Police say 46 year old gerald tig johnson turned himself in yesterday afternoon. A warrant had been placed for his arrest over the charges. The school has placed johnson on administrative leave pwnding the results of the investigation. Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina an end has come to a metro child abuse case, Christina Williamson was sentenced tuesday to five years in prison. While running a daycare out of her Pleasant Hill home, a video captured her abusing children. Williamson pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment, in exchange for some other charges being dropped. Sabrina number four. Sabrina republican president ial facing major fallout over his p