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Lawsuit alleges Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office improperly collects payments from inmates
WATERLOO, Iowa — The Black Hawk County Sheriff's Office is facing legal action for how it collects payments from inmates, an action the ACLU and its defendant claim doesn't follow the law and makes a "disruptive period of incarceration even more damaging". The ACLU of Iowa, Fredrikson & Byron,...
Cedar Falls man charged for 'warning stab' that left person injured
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (KCRG) — A Cedar Falls man was arrested on Sunday after police said an argument over payment for marijuana ended with a victim at the hospital for a non-life-threatening stab wound,KCRG reports. James Cade, 21, of Cedar Falls, was charged with willful injury — causing bodily...
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