CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: A man who sold purported heroin that contained fentanyl in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was sentenced today to 163 months in federal prison. Rodney Eugene Lewis, age 49, from Chicago Heights, Illinois, received the prison term after a February 6, 2024 guilty plea to one count of distribution of a controlled substance. Between February 2020 and June 2020,  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: Oscar Navarro-Zepeda, 42, from Spencer, Iowa, was convicted by a jury on August 22, 2024, after a 3 1/2 day trial in federal court in Sioux City. Navarro-Zepeda was convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession of firearm by prohibited person; and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a d  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2024: A man who sold fentanyl powder, pills containing fentanyl, and "ice" methamphetamine in Dubuque, Iowa, was sentenced today to 118 months in federal prison for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Alexander John Chapman, age 31, from Dubuque, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 20, 2024 guilty plea to one co  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 23, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today in which an individual was charged based on his involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. Philip Colt Moss, of Iowa, was charged with conspiracy to create and distribute so-called "animal crush videos," and with distributing animal crush videos. According  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: Mauricio Lasansky (1914-2012) was an exceptional artist and printmaker who played a key role in the American printmaking renaissance following World War II. Among his best-known works are The Nazi Drawings, an extraordinary series of 30 monumental individual drawings produced between 1961 and 1966 plus a drawing triptych made between 1963 and 1971. The entire suite has been given to the National Gallery of Art  more