REFUGIO – A Refugio County grand jury indictment alleges Goliad Independent School District trustee and former Refugio police officer Daniel Lee San Miguel used or displayed a handgun during two alleged aggravated sexual assaults of a child, stalked the complainant for two months and requested sexual favors while acting as a police officer.

An Iowa teacher acquitted of assaulting a teenager after tugging on his sleeve says “the growing culture of entitlement surrounding parenting and children” may have contributed to her arrest and prosecution. After deliberating for less than an hour, a jury last week acquitted Ashley Delaney, a teacher and North Polk Community School District board member, […]

Considered severely mentally ill, the young woman from Frankfort has spiraled downward since adolescence. Now 22, she has had multiple encounters with police, been diagnosed with illness ranging from schizophrenia to psychosis and, in the past four years, has been hospitalized on emergency court orders 20 times—with stays ranging from one to 27 days. She […]

An Iowa nursing home administrator has been fined by state regulators for failing to report a 2019 criminal conviction to licensing authorities. The Iowa Board of Nursing Home Administrators recently charged administrator Brian Douglas Reindl with failure to notify the board within 30 days of a criminal conviction. According to the board, Reindl was working […]

Several months after he was criminally charged with sexual abuse and assault, an Iowa massage therapist is now facing sanctions from a state licensing board. The Iowa Board of Massage Therapy has charged Jaden L. Wood, 24, of Cedar Rapids, with unethical conduct, including improper sexual contact with a patient, professional incompetence, and negligence in […]

A central Iowa caregiver accused of kicking and punching an autistic teenager is now facing criminal charges of dependent adult abuse. State records indicate Falisha Turner, 47, of Des Moines was employed by as a care professional by Home Instead, an in-home care provider, earlier this year. The company provides daily living assistance for people […]