An Appanoose County man was stopped by law enforcement for allegedly crossing the fog line and driving on the shoulder multiple times and charged with OWI. A review of the officer’s dash cam showed that the clients vehicle only touched the fog line once. After discussions with the county attorney, the State agreed to suppress all evidence obtained from the stop and dismiss the charges. Client’s license was spared.
A 15-year-old Story County juvenile was accused of sexual assault by his ex-girlfriend. The County Attorney’s Office originally issued arrest warrants to charge him as an adult with Sex Abuse in the 3rd Degree and Assault With Intent to Commit Sexual Abuse. GRL Attorney, Scott Michels, advised the county attorney that the case had to be filed in juvenile court due to the child’s age. The County Attorney’s Office dismissed the adult court cases and filed a delinquency petition in juvenile court charging him with the same offenses. During the investigation, law enforcement pulled information from both of their phones. […]
A residential care employee sustained a broken finger and multiple bruises when she was attacked by a client of the facility. After having her seen by a psychologist she was diagnosed with PTSD. She received a total settlement through worker’s compensation from the employer’s insurance company in the amount of $22,000.
Client, landlord, was charged in Greene County for allegedly assaulting her tenant and the residence. After obtaining the surveillance video from the residence it was shown that the tenant exaggerated the events. The video showed that the tenant attempted to shut the door on the landlord as she was entering the residence. The landlord stopped the door from hitting her and did not slam the door into the tenant, as was alleged. State agreed to dismiss the charge.
A Polk County judge granted client’s request to be removed from the sex offender registry after having been subject to the registry requirements for over 11 years. Client had successfully completed all sex offender treatment programming and was declared to be low risk to reoffend by the Department of Correctional Services.
A judge in Adair County granted removal from the sex offender for a client who had been on the registry since 2002. Client had not had any criminal charges since, no registry violations, had completed all sex offender treatment programming, and was classified low-risk to reoffend. The victim of his offense supported his removal from the registry.
A Dallas County man who had been on the sex offender registry for over 19 years was ordered to be removed from the registry and its requirements after meeting all of the statutory conditions. He had successfully completed all required sex offender treatment and was classified as low risk to reoffend by the Department of Correctional Services.
Client was arrested and charged with OWI. While at the jail she was read the implied consent advisory and a breath sample was verbally requested by the officer. The client declined to provide a sample. Subsequently, the officer asked the client to sign the implied consent request and notice form. The court granted suppression of the breath test refusal for the officer’s failure to make his request for a breath sample in writing. Client pled guilty to the reduced charge of reckless driving. Client’s driver’s license was spared.
The State agreed to reduce an OWI charge to public intoxication after an officer blocked a GRL client into a parking space for being in a business’s parking lot after closing. The State agreed to suppress Client’s breath test result which saved his driver’s license.
A Story County Client was arrested and taken to the station for chemical testing. She agreed to provide a urine sample. After she provided the urine sample, the officer provided the written request for her consent. Law enforcement is required to make a written request for a body specimen prior to the person consenting or refusing the test. The State agreed to throw the test results out and amend the charge from OWI to public intoxication and reckless driving. Client retained their driver’s license.
