by Dar Danielson | Jul 25, 2023 | Crime & Courts, News
A former University of Iowa music professor will spend 25 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing meth and possessing child pornography. Sixty-six-year-old John Muerillo was sentenced to 25 years on the drug charge. Court documents showed...
by Matt Kelley | Jun 7, 2023 | Crime & Courts, News
The state is launching a website designed to inform Iowans about new and emerging drugs and other products, both legal and illegal, many of which can be deadly. Dale Woolery, director of the Iowa Office of Drug Control Policy, says this type of online educational...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 19, 2023 | Crime & Courts, News
Sioux City police found several hundred fentanyl-laced pills on a man who was stopped following a chase. Sergeant Tom Gill says the chase started in Nebraska and ended in Iowa when they used “stop sticks” to disable the car. “Upon searching the...
by Dar Danielson | May 16, 2023 | Military, News, Politics & Government
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says she wants to increase the oversight authority of the Department of Defense as a way to stem the flow of fentanyl at its source in Mexico. “The DOD plays a leading role in the nation’s counterdrug intelligence and monitoring...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 16, 2023 | News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds has signed a bill into law that significantly increases the criminal penalties for making or selling illegal drugs laced with fentanyl. “Between 2019 and 2022, Iowa saw a 45% increase in opioid deaths,” Reynolds said this morning,...