A Dubuque teen said her being held against her will and being repeatedly sexually assaulted by various men will “leave my memory and haunt me day and night.” Her statement was read during her abuser’s sentencing. Jarod Anderson was sentenced to life in prison for human trafficking a minor in 2024.
Local governments across the state would be limited in restricting firework usage under legislation advanced by Iowa House lawmakers Monday. The bill would prohibit cities and counties from banning the use of fireworks on July 3 and 4 and Dec. 31.
Republican Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is leading a legal brief in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order to redefine birthright citizenship. Also in the Notebook, Iowans rally in opposition to a bill shielding pesticide companies from lawsuits over cancer risks.
A Hiawatha man, convicted for human trafficking a minor and sex abuse, received a temporary delay of being sentenced to life in prison without parole after he told a judge he had issues with his lawyers and wanted new counsel for sentencing. His sentencing will be reset.
A Cedar Rapids woman accused of trafficking a Dubuque teen in May 2024 had pleaded to amended and lesser charges and was sentenced to up to eight years in prison. She provided testimony against a Hiawatha man convicted of human trafficking a Dubuque teen.
A Linn County jury took only 90 minutes to convict a Hiawatha man of human trafficking a 17-year-old Dubuque girl. The teen testified last week Jarod Anderson, 35, of Hiawatha, had forced her to have sex with multiple men in May 2024 and also sexually abused her.
Explicit photos, messages about prostitution on his phone weren’t his, he says
A Hiawatha man, during a police interview, said he had nothing to do with prostitution or sex trafficking a Dubuque teen, but an investigator testified his phone showed numerous conversations with customers wanting sexual acts in exchange for money.
A Cedar Rapids woman testified she met a Hiawatha man, who is on trial this week for human trafficking, after she was “past rock bottom” and agreed to work as a prostitute for him. She said he recruited a 17-year-old to work with her.
The case against Jarod Anderson, 35, which got underway this week in Cedar Rapids, is the first in Iowa under a 2023 law that increases the penalties for human trafficking of a minor to a Class A felony — punishable by life in prison without the possibility of parole.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on a charge of prostitution that’s connected to a human trafficking case two people were arrested for in July, according to charging documents.
Trials will go forward for a Hiawatha man and a Cedar Rapids woman accused of bringing a minor from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids in May and forcing her into prostitution.
A Democratic state lawmaker from Marshalltown has called for an audit of the Iowa Veterans’ Home following the recent, unexpected elimination of 11 full-time staff.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and federal whistleblowers are raising alarm over the government’s alleged complicity in human trafficking at the nation’s southern border, calling for greater oversight and accountability from the federal government.
The Iowa Department of Corrections issued a nationwide warrant for the arrest of Pieper Lewis this month after learning she had been removed from a treatment center in Atlanta and then failed to show up to probation meetings.
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