Crime

Davenport man sentenced to 25-years in prison

Monday, May 20th, 2013, 12:33pm

A Davenport man was sentenced to 25-years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 40-year-old Mauriosantana Cowan was charged with conspiracy to distribute 280-grams or more of the drug.

The Department of Justice said from March 2009 through April 2010, he and two others planned to distribute large amounts of the substance. Cowan purchased cocaine base in Chicago and redistributed to people in the Quad Cities.

Cowan was also sentenced to ten-years of supervised release after he is out of prison, officials said.

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Davenport babysitter accused of hitting child with belt

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Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 10:31am

A Davenport woman faces one count of felony child endangerment after she allegedly hit the back of a child’s bare legs with a belt.

Amber Holcomb, 22, was arrested Friday, May 10, 2013. She was charged with child endangerment with bodily injury after she allegedly used the belt on a 10-year-old child she was babysitting.

Holcomb was still held in the Scott County Jail Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in lieu of $5,000 bond. She was appointed a public defender, ordered to have no contact with her alleged victim and next scheduled to appear in court June 6.

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Davenport man charged with bigamy

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Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 9:50am

A Davenport man is accused of marrying in March without first divorcing his previous wife.

George Allen Woods III, 43, of Davenport, was charged May 2, 2013 with one count of bigamy after police were sent to a reported domestic argument at Woods’ home that day.

Woods was reportedly fighting with a woman he married in March 2013. Police said the argument stemmed from the discovery that Woods had been served with divorce papers but that divorce from his previous wife was not yet final.

Jail records show Woods was arrested Friday, May 3. He spent just under three hours in the Scott County Jail before he posted $1,000 bond and was released.

Court records show Woods was appointed a public defender and expected back in court June 6.

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Suspects located in cemetary after allegedly robbing Davenport QCMart

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Saturday, May 4th, 2013, 4:49pm

A 17-year-old and a 23-year-old were located in a cemetery after allegedly robbing the QC Mart in Davenport.

Davenport Police were called to the store around 9:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, 2013, right after the robbery occurred.

Police say when they found the two suspects in the cemetery on E. 39^th Street, they searched the area and found clothing and merchandise from the store, as well as an air soft gun used in the robbery.

According to authorities, surveillance video from the store confirmed they were the ones responsible for the robbery. Both are being charged with first degree robbery and are being held in the Scott County Jail.

No injuries were reported.

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Suspect planned Manchester shooting attack

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Friday, May 3rd, 2013, 4:29pm

Illinois State Police say the suspect who shot and killed five people in Manchester, Illinois had planned the attack.

The alleged shooter, 43-year-old Rick Smith broke into a family’s one-story apartment early on April 24, 2013, killing two children, their father and mother- who was pregnant- and the children’s grandmother.

Police say based on witness statements, Smith was in a domestic dispute with the family over his three-year-old daughter. Smith believed the family of his daughter’s mother, Rita Luark, was interfering with the custody battle.

Illinois State Police said they were able to create a timeline of what Smith did before the shootings. Police also said none of the victims were related to Smith.

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School employee accused of trying to seduce 10-year-old girl

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Thursday, April 18th, 2013, 3:12pm

A local elementary school aide was on administrative leave after he was charged with indecent solicitation of a child.

Court records show Brian Evans, 34, of Davenport, Iowa was arrested and charged Tuesday, April 16, 2013 with grooming, child luring and two counts of indecent solicitation of a child. All four charges are felonies.

The Dispatch-Argus reports the charges were filed after Evans allegedly tried since September 2012 to lure a 10-year-old girl. Evans was accused of using a cell phone to message the girl on her iPod, and of inviting the girl to sit on his lap as recently as the weekend before his arrest.

Police did not say whether the girl attended the school where Evans worked as an aide in the Rock Island/Milan School District.

Evans was held in the Rock Island County Jail in lieu of $75,000 bond. He was next scheduled to appear in court April 23.

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Police chase and catch suspects in Davenport business robbery

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Thursday, April 11th, 2013, 6:46pm

Police have taken two people into custody after a robbery was reported in Davenport.

According to the Davenport Police Department, around 1:15 p.m. police responded to a 9-1-1 call about a robbery on Thursday, April 11.

Police say Crescent Cleaners on N. Harrison Street in Davenport was robbed and a vehicle was taken from the business as well. Two people were seen fleeing from the stolen vehicle in the 1300 block of E. 39^th Street. Police chased the two on foot and both were arrested.

Detectives are investigating the incident.

There were no injuries.

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