Minnesota Man Faces New Charges in Killing of Democratic Lawmakers 2025-08-14A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another while pretending to be a police officer is now facing new and upgraded state charges under a fresh indictment announced Thursday, just a week after he pleaded not guilty in federal court. Vance Boelter now faces two charges of first-degree murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder and charges of impersonating a police officer and animal cruelty for shooting one family's dog. The state case continues to take a back seat to the federal case against Boelter where he faces potentially more serious consequences. Boelter pleaded not guilty in federal court on Aug. 7. Moriarty had requested the state prosecution proceed first, but federal prosecutors are using their authority to press their case. The full extent of the political violence that officials said Boelter, 58, intended to inflict in the early hours of June 14 after months of planning alarmed the community. Boelter, authorities said, wore a uniform and a mask and yelled that he was police and told these lawmakers that he was an officer. Federal prosecutors already revealed details of their investigation showing Boelter had driven to two other legislators' homes in the roughly hour and a half timeline. Des Moines Man Charged with Stealing Thousands in Electronics from Iowa State University 2025-08-14A Des Moines man was booked into the Story County Jail after investigators say he stole electronic and computer items worth tens of thousands of dollars from the Iowa State University campus in Ames. In court documents, investigators say they conducted 13 investigations into a rash of burglaries and thefts on the ISU campus between late October 2024 and early July 2025. The items taken had a combined value of $59,488.80, according to investigators. Law enforcement officers were alerted to an eBay account listing items that matched the descriptions of the stolen items. Officers identified Donavan Dean C., 45, as the suspect connected to the account and executed a search warrant at his residence in Des Moines. Investigators say they found items that had been stolen from Iowa State's campus, including a high-speed infrared camera worth more than $22,000 that had been taken from a secure laboratory. C. was previously arrested in October 2021 for similar charges and was sentenced to up to 25 years in prison but was released in July 2024. Iowa Attorney General Joins Coalition Urging Instagram to Prioritize User Safety with Location-Sharing Feature 2025-08-14Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a group of 37 states urging Instagram to prioritize user safety and privacy by adding controls to its new location-sharing feature. The attorneys general raised concerns about the feature, which reveals a user's exact location on a map, posing potential risks, especially for vulnerable users like children and domestic violence survivors. 'Instagram should be concerned for the safety of all users, but in particular for children and victims of abuse, stalking and violence,' said Attorney General Bird. 'This new location-sharing service poses unacceptable and serious risks for the most vulnerable users, who should be able to use Instagram without putting their lives in jeopardy.' The coalition's letter requests Meta, Instagram's parent company, to prevent minors from enabling location sharing, alert adult users to the feature's risks, and provide a straightforward option to disable it. |
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Des Moines, Iowa. 
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