City briefs
Issue date: 10/19/04 Section: Metro
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Local woman faces several charges
An Iowa City woman faces several criminal charges after alleged incidents this month that include theft, burglary, and assault.
Amy Sales, 416 S. Dodge St. Apt. 8, was arrested Oct. 15 and is now in the Johnson County Jail on a $53,950 bond. She faces charges of first-degree burglary, domestic-abuse assault causing injury, third-degree theft, and two counts of unauthorized use of a credit card.
According to police:
Authorities received a 911 phone call from a "hysterical" woman who told police that someone was trying to break into her home. Sales, the alleged victim's ex-girlfriend, had entered the home and broke through a locked apartment door.
During the incident, Sales, 34, allegedly grabbed the woman and threw her onto a bed, refusing to release her. The woman suffered scratches, bruises, bumps to the head, and a possible broken nose.
The couple had recently broken up; they had lived together within the past year.
Ten days earlier, Sales allegedly used someone's credit card without the owner's permission to purchase alcohol and a ring, valued at a total of $926.36. Police report that store personnel picked Sales out of a photo lineup.
- by Seung Min Kim
Another Herky joins vandalized list
A Herky vandalized on Oct. 16 became the third statue in two weeks to be damaged, an official said.
Rick Klatt, the organizer of Herky on Parade, said that on his way to church Sunday morning, he saw the Shine-On Herky statue missing and assumed vandals had done their work the previous night.
The news comes as the UI Alumni Association raised the reward for information on damaged Herkys from $1,000 to $2,000.
The doubled amount comes from the pockets of two UI alumni, who after hearing about the reward, offered to chip in.
UI police found Reflections of U, which is sponsored by the Alumni Association, lying in the middle of Jefferson Street after vandals tore the bird from its concrete base the night of Oct. 9.
An Iowa City woman faces several criminal charges after alleged incidents this month that include theft, burglary, and assault.
Amy Sales, 416 S. Dodge St. Apt. 8, was arrested Oct. 15 and is now in the Johnson County Jail on a $53,950 bond. She faces charges of first-degree burglary, domestic-abuse assault causing injury, third-degree theft, and two counts of unauthorized use of a credit card.
According to police:
Authorities received a 911 phone call from a "hysterical" woman who told police that someone was trying to break into her home. Sales, the alleged victim's ex-girlfriend, had entered the home and broke through a locked apartment door.
During the incident, Sales, 34, allegedly grabbed the woman and threw her onto a bed, refusing to release her. The woman suffered scratches, bruises, bumps to the head, and a possible broken nose.
The couple had recently broken up; they had lived together within the past year.
Ten days earlier, Sales allegedly used someone's credit card without the owner's permission to purchase alcohol and a ring, valued at a total of $926.36. Police report that store personnel picked Sales out of a photo lineup.
- by Seung Min Kim
Another Herky joins vandalized list
A Herky vandalized on Oct. 16 became the third statue in two weeks to be damaged, an official said.
Rick Klatt, the organizer of Herky on Parade, said that on his way to church Sunday morning, he saw the Shine-On Herky statue missing and assumed vandals had done their work the previous night.
The news comes as the UI Alumni Association raised the reward for information on damaged Herkys from $1,000 to $2,000.
The doubled amount comes from the pockets of two UI alumni, who after hearing about the reward, offered to chip in.
UI police found Reflections of U, which is sponsored by the Alumni Association, lying in the middle of Jefferson Street after vandals tore the bird from its concrete base the night of Oct. 9.
