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Issue date: 12/11/07 Section: Metro
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Sallis appeals conviction
Promptly following his sentencing, convicted prostitution-ring leader Robert Sallis filed a written notice of appeal, according to online court records.
Sallis, 39, was sentenced on Dec. 7 to serve 25 years in prison after being convicted of ongoing criminal conduct.
Sallis was found guilty in October of the charge, a Class B felony. He received the maximum punishment for the offense for his involvement in the prostitution ring Naughty by Nature.
The self-advertised "escort service" operated in five Iowa counties, including Johnson, in 2004 and 2005, out of Sallis' Cosgrove and later Williamsburg homes.
At one point, a 13-year-old girl prostituted for Naughty by Nature. Sallis' son, Demont Bowie, was sentenced earlier this year in a federal prison for kidnapping the now-16-year-old girl.
- by Samantha Miller
Charges queuing up
Iowa City police filed two more charges Monday in an alleged burglary against a man who already faces four charges in connection with a Nov. 29 burglary, authorities reported.
Jaquinn Dawson, also known as "Que," 18, 2631 Indigo Court, is now also charged with second-degree burglary and second-degree theft - both felonies.
He remains in Johnson County Jail, according to police.
The two new charges stem from an incident that reportedly occurred Nov. 14 at 2606 Whispering Prairie Ave. While officers investigated the Nov. 29 burglary, they allegedly found property taken from the Nov. 14 incident.
Dawson allegedly admitted to taking the items and said he pawned the other items, which police later recovered, reports said.
Police had previously charged Dawson with second-degree burglary and drug tax-stamp violation, both felonies, possession of marijuana, and third-degree criminal mischief.
Dawson was initially arrested after a man saw either him or one of two juveniles fleeing an Indigo Court residence Nov. 29. Police tracked down the trio at Dawson's residence. Dawson allegedly admitted the marijuana police found in his bedroom was his and also allegedly admitted to his role in the burglary.
On Dec. 3, Dawson was charged with drug tax-stamp violation and criminal mischief after he reportedly smashed a window and damaged $500 worth of a fence at the Indigo Court residence.
Dawson's charges range from serious misdemeanors to a Class C felony, punishable by between one and 10 years in prison and $1,500 and $10,000 in fines.
- by Kurtis Hiatt
Promptly following his sentencing, convicted prostitution-ring leader Robert Sallis filed a written notice of appeal, according to online court records.
Sallis, 39, was sentenced on Dec. 7 to serve 25 years in prison after being convicted of ongoing criminal conduct.
Sallis was found guilty in October of the charge, a Class B felony. He received the maximum punishment for the offense for his involvement in the prostitution ring Naughty by Nature.
The self-advertised "escort service" operated in five Iowa counties, including Johnson, in 2004 and 2005, out of Sallis' Cosgrove and later Williamsburg homes.
At one point, a 13-year-old girl prostituted for Naughty by Nature. Sallis' son, Demont Bowie, was sentenced earlier this year in a federal prison for kidnapping the now-16-year-old girl.
- by Samantha Miller
Charges queuing up
Iowa City police filed two more charges Monday in an alleged burglary against a man who already faces four charges in connection with a Nov. 29 burglary, authorities reported.
Jaquinn Dawson, also known as "Que," 18, 2631 Indigo Court, is now also charged with second-degree burglary and second-degree theft - both felonies.
He remains in Johnson County Jail, according to police.
The two new charges stem from an incident that reportedly occurred Nov. 14 at 2606 Whispering Prairie Ave. While officers investigated the Nov. 29 burglary, they allegedly found property taken from the Nov. 14 incident.
Dawson allegedly admitted to taking the items and said he pawned the other items, which police later recovered, reports said.
Police had previously charged Dawson with second-degree burglary and drug tax-stamp violation, both felonies, possession of marijuana, and third-degree criminal mischief.
Dawson was initially arrested after a man saw either him or one of two juveniles fleeing an Indigo Court residence Nov. 29. Police tracked down the trio at Dawson's residence. Dawson allegedly admitted the marijuana police found in his bedroom was his and also allegedly admitted to his role in the burglary.
On Dec. 3, Dawson was charged with drug tax-stamp violation and criminal mischief after he reportedly smashed a window and damaged $500 worth of a fence at the Indigo Court residence.
Dawson's charges range from serious misdemeanors to a Class C felony, punishable by between one and 10 years in prison and $1,500 and $10,000 in fines.
- by Kurtis Hiatt
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