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PRESS RELEASE
The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office would like to warn area residents of a phone scam. There has been several incidents in which residents have received phone calls informing them that there are bench warrants for their arrest because they had failed to show up for jury duty or for other offenses. The person making the calls identified himself as a person who is a current Des Moines County Sheriff Deputy. A recent scam in Johnson County Iowa was very similar, but added the demand that the person send money or face arrest. The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office does not call people to inform them of warrants, and would certainly never ask for money over the phone to take care of a warrant. The Des Moines County Sheriff’s Office would like to caution residents about phone calls requesting money, as most calls of this type are a scam. Always ask the person’s name and a number to call them back at as legitimate businesses will have no problem with that.
Merwyn Francis Smith ,92, formerly Burlington, died Monday, November 23, 2015
Joy A. Holbert, 48, Mt. Pleasant, formerly Burlington, died Sunday, November 22, 2015
Robert L. (Bob) Zaiser, 79, Burlington died Monday, November 23, 2015
Jim Chockley, 71, West Burlington, died Saturday, November 28, 2015
Delma M. Phillips, 88, Burlington, died Monday, November 30, 2015
There were thousands of college commencement speeches around the country this year for the Class of 2015. But there was one missing — one very truthful, funny and witty speech that graduates should’ve heard, but didn’t. Well, here it is, spoken by George Will, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Washington Post.
