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Second suspect in Boswell home invasion arrested
Gazette Staff/SourceMedia
Jul. 19, 2011 10:30 pm
UPDATE: Police announced Tuesday night they had arrested both men suspected in a weekend home invasion at U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell's farm outside Lamoni.
The Iowa Department of Public Safety said authorities arrested Cody John Rollins, 19, of Lamoni and David Dewberry, 20, of Fremont, Neb.
Rollins was arrested at his family's home and is currently being held in the Decatur County jail facing charges of first degree burglary, assault while participating in a felony, going armed with intent and three counts of first degree robbery.
After apprehending Rollins, police were still searching for Dewberry, who they considered armed and dangerous. By late Tuesday night, he was arrested in Independence, MO. Dewberry is currently being held in Missouri on a federal unlawful flight to avoid prosecution warrant. Once he is returned to Iowa he will be charged with burglary in the first degree, assault while participating in a felony, going armed with intent, and three counts of first degree robbery.
Authorities have said a man with a gun entered the congressman's house Saturday night and attacked his daughter. Boswell tried to fight the man off, and as they scuffled, his 22-year-old grandson got a shotgun. When Boswell's grandson pointed the gun at the intruder, the man ran off.
Boswell, a 77-year-old Democrat, suffered minor injuries, but no one was seriously hurt.
"They were looking for money," Decatur Country Sheriff Herbert Muir said at a news conference. "Within an hour of it happening, we had some names."
Cody Rollins and David Dewberry

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