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Stephen Carrie Blumberg (born 1948 [1] in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is best known as a bibliomane who lived in Ottumwa, Iowa.After being arrested for stealing more than 23,600 books worth US$5.3 million in 1990 (equivalent to about $12M in 2023), he became known as the Book Bandit and was recognized as the most successful book thief in the history of the United States.
A judge issued an arrest warrant for Gregory Showalter Sr. of Ottumwa after he missed the reading of the jury verdict, according to the Ottumwa Courier. Showalter, 63, had been out on bail since ...
A judge issued an arrest warrant for Showalter after he missed the reading of the jury verdict on Friday, according to the Ottumwa Courier. He was convicted of killing his wife , 60-year-old Helen ...
After being arrested, he confessed both to the McBeth murders in Martinsburg and also to the murder of his stepmother, Juanita Smith, the previous October in Hedrick, Iowa. At the time, Iowa still had capital punishment, and prosecutors wanted Smith hanged. Facing an almost certain death sentence if he went to trial, Smith pleaded guilty to six ...
Queen of Meth is a 2021 American three part documentary series [1] centering upon Lori Arnold, who was a major methamphetamine dealer in the Midwest.Her meth production and distribution operation was based on a 170 acre ranch in Ottumwa, Iowa, and grossed more than $200,000 per week at its peak. [2]
Oct. 5—DES MOINES — Federal prison sentences were handed down last week to a father and daughter from Ottumwa over a tax preparation scheme that spanned four years and resulted in millions in ...
Oct. 6—DES MOINES — A Micronesian couple charged with recruiting two young men to work at a meat packing plant in Ottumwa have pled guilty. The U.S. Department of Justice says 46-year-old ...
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