AMW update on fugitive originally from North English, Victor March 4, 2008
Posted by John in Crime/Courts, Military.Tags: America's Most Wanted, Chicago, FBI, Iowa County (Iowa), Justin Sparlin, Law Enforcement, North English (Iowa), Ottawa (Illinois), Victor (Iowa)
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UPDATE FROM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED:
Investigators were able to track some of Sparlin’s movements in the Windy City. Cops say he was caught on surveillance at a Chicago bank. [PHOTO HERE]
Later, detectives tracked down Sparlin’s vehicle at a local Greyhound station. They say that Sparlin took a bus to O’Hare, where he boarded a flight to Europe.
According to cops, Sparlin went to Rome, Italy, by way of Frankfurt, Germany. That’s where the trail goes cold. …
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(From Feb. 29)
According to Chicago Tribune:
FBI officials said Thursday that the agency is joining local authorities in Ottawa, Ill., in a search for an Army soldier who was charged with felony sexual assault and fled recently.
Justin Ray Sparlin, on leave from the Army, also was charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution. He is considered armed and dangerous, an FBI news release said.
Sparlin was charged Feb. 7 with predatory criminal sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl. …
[This excerpt disappeared from article:] In addition to LaSalle County, he has ties to St. Louis and Victor, Iowa. Anyone with information about Sparlin is asked to call the Chicago FBI …
According to Gazette archives, Justin Sparlin graduated from English Valleys High School in 1997.
Cedar Rapids woman wins $30,000 in scratch game March 4, 2008
Posted by John in Gambling.Tags: Cedar Rapids (Iowa), Iowa Lottery, Linn County Iowa, lotteries
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From Iowa Lottery release:
DES MOINES, Iowa - A Linn County woman recently claimed a substantial lottery prize.
Kelsey Haughey of Cedar Rapids won $30,000 playing the “Crossword” (purple newsprint) instant-scratch game. She purchased the winning ticket at Casey’s, 3625 Edgewood Road S.W. in Cedar Rapids. …
New psychologist internship program at Iowa City VA to help meet increased needs for veterans March 4, 2008
Posted by John in Education, Medicine, Military.Tags: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Internships, Mental Health, Psychologists
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From U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs release:
WASHINGTON, March 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — To meet increased needs for mental health services for veterans, especially those returning from the Global War on Terror, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is expanding its training programs for psychologists. …
VA, which has more than 11,000 mental health professionals to care for veterans, has hired more than 800 psychologists in the last three years. Because psychology is a key part of comprehensive health care, the Department anticipates an ongoing need to employ additional psychologists. …
The new internship programs are at the following locations: Anchorage, Alaska; Asheville, N.C.; Iowa City, Iowa; and Richmond, Va. …
‘Senator Tom Harkin: Marijuana Makes People Sell Their Children’ (Wonkette blog) March 4, 2008
Posted by John in Crime/Courts, Drugs, Medicine.Tags: Marijuana, Tom Harkin, Wonkette
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From Wonkette post yesterday:
[S]ome person wrote to Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin “asking him to justify why medicinal cannabis is still illegal” after the American College of Physicians recommended it shouldn’t be. It merited a hilarious reply from Harkin, which noted many of pot’s notorious doom scenarios: “the small child whose parents are so addicted to illegal drugs that they sell everything including perhaps their own children to obtain a fix.” Harkin knows the routine: smoke up, eat gyro, play Legend of Zelda, sell children to pirates for more pot, repeat. …
