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Issue date: 2/15/08 Section: Metro
Man pleads guilty to exploiting a minor
An Iowa City man accused of sexually exploiting a minor withdrew his not-guilty plea on Thursday.
Montreal Evans, 21, is scheduled to appear in court to be sentenced on April 4. Evans originally pleaded not guilty to sexually exploiting a 16-year-old on Aug. 15, 2007.
His trial was slated to begin Feb. 18.
Evans was arrested on July 23, 2007, for knowingly having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old and recording the sex act without the girl's knowledge. Under Iowa law, any person engaging in the act must be informed if he or she is photographed, filmed, or preserved on a negative or any other media device, according to police reports.
According to reports, the apartment in which the sexual act took place contained hidden cameras. Evans's brother, Sheldon Evans, reportedly engaged in the sex acts as well.
Montreal Evans was charged with sexual exploitation of children and failing to register as a sex offender. Sheldon Evans was charged with sexual exploitation of children.
Exploitation of a minor is a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Failing to register as a sex offender is an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by up to two years in prison and a $5,000 in fines.
- by Olivia Moran
Juvenile pleads not guilty in burglary
A juvenile allegedly involved in a November 2007 burglary pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Derrick Fulton, 17, was charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree mischief on Nov. 29, 2007.
Fulton, along with David Berry, 18, and Jaquinn Dawson, 18, allegedly broke into an Indigo Court residence. According to police reports, the resident witnessed the three fleeing his home and called the police.
Officers located the three at another residence, 2631 Indigo Court, and allegedly found stolen property there, according to reports.
Second-degree burglary, a Class C felony, is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Third-degree criminal mischief, an aggravated misdemeanor, is punishable by up to two years in prison and $6,250 in fines.
Dawson was charged with second-degree burglary and possession of marijuana, and Berry was charged with second-degree burglary and criminal mischief in the third degree.
- by Olivia Moran
Man charged after hatchet incident
A man faces two felony charges after allegedly wielding a hatchet at an officer Jan. 9, UI police reported.
Johnathan Eslinger, 24, 1022 Hudson Drive, was arrested and charged with interference with official acts with a dangerous weapon or firearm, assault on a peace officer with a weapon, and fifth-degree criminal mischief.
As of Thursday, he was being held in Johnson County on a $15,000 cash-only bond.
According to reports, Eslinger used a 16-inch hatchet to strike a glass door several times at 1 W. Prentiss St., causing $200 in damages.
An officer also reported that Eslinger was crouched on the ground, then stood up facing the officer with a hatchet in his hand.
The officer reportedly told Eslinger to drop the hatchet, but he allegedly did not comply and "laughed maniacally and used profanity," reports said. The officer reported feeling threatened by his actions.
Eslinger eventually dropped the hatchet but continued to resist officers when placed under arrest.
His interference with official acts and assault charges are Class D felonies, each punishable by up to five years in prison and fines of up to $7,500.
Fifth-degree criminal mischief is a simple misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $625.
- by Kurtis Hiatt
Coralville man faces 3rd OWI
A Coralville man faces a felony after police charged him with an OWI on Thursday, Coralville police reported.
Emanuel Cano, 26, is charged with a third-offense OWI.
According to reports, Cano was driving a Ford Escort in Coralville without a front license plate. An officer pulled Cano over and reportedly noticed he had a smell of "ingested alcohol and had bloodshot, watery, red eyes."
Cano refused a preliminary breath test and all field sobriety tests, police said.
Reports said Cano has two prior OWIs from December 2006 and February 2002.
Third-offense OWI is a Class D felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $7,500.
- by Kurtis Hiat
UI leads in dental research
The UI received the most funding in fiscal 2007 for dental research.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, a division of the National Institutes of Health, said the UI racked up more than $12 million in grants.
Jeffrey Murray, a UI professor of neonatology, accounted for more than $5.6 million of the grant money for such projects as a craniofacial anomalies research center.
He also worked on studies involving the genetics and epidemiology of the cleft lip and palate.
The University of California-San Francisco ranked the second highest, bringing in $11.1 million in grants.
The only other Big Ten school in the top 10 was Michigan, at $10.2 million.
- by Kayla Kelley
UI to buy high-tech electron microscope
The UI plans to purchase a high-resolution microscope with a $1.4 million grant from the Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, according to a UI news release.
The microscope - officially called the field emission transmission electron microscope - will propel research in the biomedical and physical-science research at the university.
This will be the most expensive microscope ever invested in by the UI.
Although the microscope will arrive on campus later this year, it won't be operational until 2009.
Higher resolution and rapid data collection will be used to "characterize the structure of disease-related proteins, examine viruses as potential gene vectors, and study the relationship of cell organelles in normal and diseased tissues," according to a press release.
The UI currently has two lower-resolution microscopes that don't allow researchers to work as effectively.
- by Kayla Kelley
An Iowa City man accused of sexually exploiting a minor withdrew his not-guilty plea on Thursday.
Montreal Evans, 21, is scheduled to appear in court to be sentenced on April 4. Evans originally pleaded not guilty to sexually exploiting a 16-year-old on Aug. 15, 2007.
His trial was slated to begin Feb. 18.
Evans was arrested on July 23, 2007, for knowingly having sexual intercourse with a 16-year-old and recording the sex act without the girl's knowledge. Under Iowa law, any person engaging in the act must be informed if he or she is photographed, filmed, or preserved on a negative or any other media device, according to police reports.
According to reports, the apartment in which the sexual act took place contained hidden cameras. Evans's brother, Sheldon Evans, reportedly engaged in the sex acts as well.
Montreal Evans was charged with sexual exploitation of children and failing to register as a sex offender. Sheldon Evans was charged with sexual exploitation of children.
Exploitation of a minor is a Class C felony, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Failing to register as a sex offender is an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by up to two years in prison and a $5,000 in fines.
- by Olivia Moran
Juvenile pleads not guilty in burglary
A juvenile allegedly involved in a November 2007 burglary pleaded not guilty Thursday.
Derrick Fulton, 17, was charged with second-degree burglary and third-degree mischief on Nov. 29, 2007.
Fulton, along with David Berry, 18, and Jaquinn Dawson, 18, allegedly broke into an Indigo Court residence. According to police reports, the resident witnessed the three fleeing his home and called the police.
Officers located the three at another residence, 2631 Indigo Court, and allegedly found stolen property there, according to reports.
Second-degree burglary, a Class C felony, is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Third-degree criminal mischief, an aggravated misdemeanor, is punishable by up to two years in prison and $6,250 in fines.
Dawson was charged with second-degree burglary and possession of marijuana, and Berry was charged with second-degree burglary and criminal mischief in the third degree.
- by Olivia Moran
Man charged after hatchet incident
A man faces two felony charges after allegedly wielding a hatchet at an officer Jan. 9, UI police reported.
Johnathan Eslinger, 24, 1022 Hudson Drive, was arrested and charged with interference with official acts with a dangerous weapon or firearm, assault on a peace officer with a weapon, and fifth-degree criminal mischief.
As of Thursday, he was being held in Johnson County on a $15,000 cash-only bond.
According to reports, Eslinger used a 16-inch hatchet to strike a glass door several times at 1 W. Prentiss St., causing $200 in damages.
An officer also reported that Eslinger was crouched on the ground, then stood up facing the officer with a hatchet in his hand.
The officer reportedly told Eslinger to drop the hatchet, but he allegedly did not comply and "laughed maniacally and used profanity," reports said. The officer reported feeling threatened by his actions.
Eslinger eventually dropped the hatchet but continued to resist officers when placed under arrest.
His interference with official acts and assault charges are Class D felonies, each punishable by up to five years in prison and fines of up to $7,500.
Fifth-degree criminal mischief is a simple misdemeanor, punishable by up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $625.
- by Kurtis Hiatt
Coralville man faces 3rd OWI
A Coralville man faces a felony after police charged him with an OWI on Thursday, Coralville police reported.
Emanuel Cano, 26, is charged with a third-offense OWI.
According to reports, Cano was driving a Ford Escort in Coralville without a front license plate. An officer pulled Cano over and reportedly noticed he had a smell of "ingested alcohol and had bloodshot, watery, red eyes."
Cano refused a preliminary breath test and all field sobriety tests, police said.
Reports said Cano has two prior OWIs from December 2006 and February 2002.
Third-offense OWI is a Class D felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $7,500.
- by Kurtis Hiat
UI leads in dental research
The UI received the most funding in fiscal 2007 for dental research.
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, a division of the National Institutes of Health, said the UI racked up more than $12 million in grants.
Jeffrey Murray, a UI professor of neonatology, accounted for more than $5.6 million of the grant money for such projects as a craniofacial anomalies research center.
He also worked on studies involving the genetics and epidemiology of the cleft lip and palate.
The University of California-San Francisco ranked the second highest, bringing in $11.1 million in grants.
The only other Big Ten school in the top 10 was Michigan, at $10.2 million.
- by Kayla Kelley
UI to buy high-tech electron microscope
The UI plans to purchase a high-resolution microscope with a $1.4 million grant from the Carver Charitable Trust of Muscatine, according to a UI news release.
The microscope - officially called the field emission transmission electron microscope - will propel research in the biomedical and physical-science research at the university.
This will be the most expensive microscope ever invested in by the UI.
Although the microscope will arrive on campus later this year, it won't be operational until 2009.
Higher resolution and rapid data collection will be used to "characterize the structure of disease-related proteins, examine viruses as potential gene vectors, and study the relationship of cell organelles in normal and diseased tissues," according to a press release.
The UI currently has two lower-resolution microscopes that don't allow researchers to work as effectively.
- by Kayla Kelley
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