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ARREST MADE IN HIT-AND-RUN Courtesy of Story County
Jerome Elgin Guy Clinton, pictured above, was been arrested Wednesday morning for pointing a loaded handgun at three individuals around 12:15 a.m. by Schilletter and University Village.
Man points firearm Ames resident arrested after waving gun near campus By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com Cyride/Iowa State Daily
A 23 Orange CyRide bus makes its way down Osborne Drive during a morning route. Ames Police determined, with assistance from CyRide staff, that Emmalee Jacobs was hit by a CyRide on the crosswalk of Ash Avenue and Lincoln Way on Dec. 14. Benjamin D. Clague, 23 of Gilbert, Iowa, was arrested at his home Wednesday morning.
Police charge CyRide driver in connection with death of ISU student Emmalee Jacobs By Michaela.Ramm @iowastatedaily.com The Ames Police Department has arrested a CyRide bus driver in the hit-and-run accident that killed an ISU student in December. Emmalee Jacobs, a freshman in business, was struck on the crosswalk of Ash Avenue and Lincoln Way on Dec. 14. Ames Police determined, with assistance from CyRide staff, that Jacobs was struck by a CyRide bus, according to a press release from the city of Ames. Benjamin D. Clague, age 23 of Gilbert, Iowa, was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death, a class D felony and failure to obey a traffic control device, a simple misdemeanor. Cmdr. Jason Tuttle of the Ames Police Department said Clague was arrested at his home in Gilbert just before 10 a.m. Wednesday. “We’re very confident he was the driver of the vehicle that struck Emmalee,” Tuttle said. Jacobs was struck at 7:04 a.m. Dec. 14 as she was walking from Buchanan Hall to campus for her final, police said. An ISU police officer found the 18 year old lying in the road. She was taken to Mary Greeley Medical Center, where she later died. The bus numbered 976 was on the Gold Route, said Sheri Kyras, director of transit at CyRide. No one except the driver was on the bus at the time Jacobs was hit. At his next stop, Tuttle said the driver exited the bus and did a visual check; not seeing anything, he continued on his route. It wasn’t until his next time around the loop that he saw the officers on Lincoln Way. “Due to the rain, the glare of the lights, the weather conditions definitely played a role,” he said. “However, that doesn’t excuse the fact that he didn’t come forward.” Brad Jacobs, Emmalee’s father, said though the family is still emotional, they are were somewhat relieved when they received a call this morning from Ames Police that an arrest was made. “It’s a relief as far as knowing we won’t have to wonder exactly about what happened,” Brad Jacobs said. The Ames Tribune reported that Story County court records show text messages from Clague to his friends in which he voices his concern that he may have been the one who hit Jacobs. Brad Jacobs said he does not understand how a CyRide driver would
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Brad Jacobs, Emmalee’s father, said even though the family is still emotional from Emmalee’s death, they were somewhat relieved an arrest was made. Benjamin D. Clague was charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a death, a class D felony and failure to obey a traffic control device, a simple misdemeanor.
“Due to the rain, the glare of the lights, the weather conditions definitely played a role. However, that doesn’t excuse the fact that he didn’t come forward.” CMDR. JASON TUTTLE Ames PD
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ISU Police arrested an individual Wednesday who pointed a loaded handgun at several people in the area of Schilletter and University Village. The incident took place at approximately 12:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to the press release from the ISU Police Department. Jerome Elgin Guy Clinton, age 26 of Ames, was arrested following an investigation on the incident. Clinton was charged with three counts of assault, an aggravated misdemeanor; three counts of going armed with intent, a class D felony. He was also charged with three counts of first degree harassment, an aggravated misdemeanor. In addition, he was charged with three counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, a class C felony; carrying weapons, an aggravated misdemeanor; and possession and control of a firearm by a felon, a class D felony, according to the press release. The suspect had approached three individuals at Schilletter Village. After approaching them, he pointed a handun at the individuals, which police later determined was loaded. He then began to try and engage them in a fight, according to the press release. The suspect then fled the area. ISU Police was contacted and located the suspect and the handgun nearby, according to the press release. Check back with The Daily for more information as it becomes available.
StuGov censures BOR student representative By Zach.Clemens @iowastatedaily.com Student Government showed no confidence in the Board of Regents’ student member at its meeting Wednesday night. The Senate debated a bill to censure Rachael Johnson, a UNI student, who is the student member of the Board of Regents. The vote was passed unanimously by the senators. The censure was because Johnson voted in favor of a tuition raise for international students. Student Government passed a resolution against the tuition increase late in the fall semester and sent the bill to Johnson to review. She only received the bill 24 hours before the vote, however. “She got 24 hours to look at this bill that [Student Government President Dan Breitbarth] said took 15 hours to write,” said Sen. Jeffery DeRocher, junior in accounting. “That time frame led
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Rachel Johnson, a student at Northern Iowa and student member of the Board of Regents, was censured by Student Government during its Senate meeting Wednesday night because Johnson voted in favor of a tuition raise for international students.
to the decision to vote against our wishes, but that is not a big enough reason to censure.” Speaker of the Senate Ben Crawford said the timing was an issue with Thanksgiving break and
the mail schedule, but there was possibly more at work. “I think administration was going to steamroll us anyways, and as far as I’m concerned they don’t care and we should do this
censure and do whatever else we need to,” Crawford said. Breitbarth said he did not have an opinion either way on the censure and it would not affect the Student Government relationship with the board. However, he said he was happy to see Student Government step up and do something that matters to students. “I want this body to strengthen how the university sees us, how students see us,” Breitbarth said. Sen. Matthew Teubert said he did not support this bill after new facts had been revealed. Several senators said Johnson recently sent out an email to explain the thinking behind her vote. Sen. Conner Tillo was strongly in favor of the censure, even at one point quoting Sarah Palin. “Everyone needs to step up and say no more to us being bullied,” Tillo said. The Senate read a bill that would allocate funding for improved lighting in the area between Carver and the library,
which the senators will vote on next week. The funding would add two new light poles, as well as replace all light bulbs between Carver and the library, and all light bulbs on Carver with LED bulbs. Student Government would allocate $8,500 with a total cost of $34,000. A bill that will be voted on next week was read to allocate $221.66 to the Iowa State Quiz Bowl club for registration and travel to an event in St. Paul, Minn. The ISU women’s basketball club requested $787.97 to be able to attend a tournament later this year. These funding bills will be decided at the next Senate meeting. Sen. Khayree Fitten introduced a bill that would create a committee in Student Government that would solely focus on student activities. The bill argues the Student Organization Recognition Board is insufficient to meet all of the student organizations’ needs.