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Neighbor details DejeanJones’ behavior By Max.Dible @iowastatedaily.com The picture painted of senior Bryce Dejean-Jones’ behavior by his neighbor illustrates a longstanding pattern of disrespect. Matt White, a junior in software engineering and former ISU wrestler, has lived next door to Dejean-Jones since the beginning of the semester. “I have been having issues with them for the last four months,” White said. “It has been a bunch of noise complaints, defacing property in the hallway, leaving their trash out there being disrespectful to everyone who has ever tried to confront them about this.” White said he has called the police over a dozen times to complain. The most recent call led to Dejean-Jones’ arrest in the early morning hours Thursday. “When the door was opened, the officers could smell burnt marijuana coming from inside the apartment, so they got a search warrant and ended up finding marijuana in the apartment,” said Geoff Huff, investigations commander and public information officer for the Ames Police Department. “At that time of day, it is time to be quiet.” Dejean-Jones was arrested on three charges, including a nuisance party violation and a noise ordinance violation, both of which are simple misdemeanors. The third charge was “hosting a drug house” or “gathering where marijuana is used.” That charge is a serious misdemeanor on par with possession of marijuana in terms of the penalties offenders typically draw, but it has since been dropped, Story County Attorney Stephen Holmes said. A judge made the determination that there was not probable cause to charge Dejean-Jones with “hosting a drug house,” but Holmes said that a charge could be refiled later if more evidence is obtained. “Everything is fact-specific and fact-driven,” Holmes said. “We have to have some proof to establish that a person did what is alleged.” Huff said Ames Police is working with the county attorney’s office to determine whether such evidence exists. The trial date for the two remaining charges will be scheduled Tuesday Ames Police were called to Dejean-Jones’ apartment at 1221 Mayfield Drive, Apartment 310 between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Thursday. Huff confirmed White’s claim that it is not the first time police have been contacted to quell the ruckus in Dejean-Jones’ residence. “We’ve been working with the residents out at this apartment building and the coaches and everyone else because we have been out there more than five times for similar problems of loud noise,” Huff said. “So we have been working with all these folks trying to figure out a way they could all live together and not disturb each other.” White provided the details of the meeting to which Huff alluded. White said the participants were himself, Officer Eric Snyder of the Ames Police Department, Dejean-Jones, his roommate and ISU men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg. “We came to an agreement that no more noise would happen,” White said. “The trash in the hallway would stop, being disrespectful would stop, the bass would be turned off during the week and they could have it on during the weekends. At my discretion I could text them and tell them it was getting too loud.” White said the meeting did not produce the desired results. “They did not follow that, they continued to do the same things,” White said. “I would text
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Impeccable timing Iowa State’s second-leading scorer will be sitting out against Hawkeyes By Max.Dible @iowastatedaily.com Timing is everything, and the timing of senior Bryce Dejean-Jones’ arrest could not have been worse for ISU basketball. On the eve of one of Iowa State’s most important games of the season against its bitter rival the Iowa Hawkeyes, ISU men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg announced that Dejean-Jones, his team’s second-leading scorer, would be absent due to a one-game suspension. “After sitting down and having numerous conversations with people, we feel that the best move at this time for Bryce, for our team, is to suspend him for tomorrow night’s game,” Hoiberg said. Dejean-Jones was arrested and charged with three misdemeanors as a result of a noise complaint that came into the Ames police department in the early morning hours of Dec. 11. Two of the misdemeanors, a noise ordinance and a nuisance party violation, are both simple misdemeanors. The third charge, “hosting a drug house,” which means frequenting a residence in which marijuana is being smoked, is a serious misdemeanor. Story County attorney Stephen
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Senior guard Bryce Dejean-Jones takes in the crowd at Hilton Madness. ISU coach Fred Hoiberg suspended Dejean-Jones for the Iowa game the same day the player was arrested.
Lawmakers work to pass funding bill as pending shutdown looms By Alex.Hanson @iowastatedaily.com
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There are no longer worries about a potential government shutdown after the House passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Thursday night. The House also approved two more days of funding, allowing additional time to develop a long-term plan.
The House passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Thursday night after congressional gridlock threatened another government shutdown. The House approved the funding plan by a vote of 219-206 after seven hours of trying to gain support. The House also went on to approve an extra two days of funding for Congress. The Senate will now use the two additional days to debate the long-term funding plan passed by the House. The bill passed by the House funded most of the $1.1 trillion, and the Senate has the next two days to debate parts of the funding package. Lawmakers spent most of the afternoon and evening trying to gain support from each of their parties members after the House adjourned early that afternoon when Republican leaders were worried they didn’t have enough support. President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden personally made calls to the Democrats in the House. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough also attended a Democratic caucus meeting to try to gain support. House Republicans and Democrats had originally worked together throughout the week and originally came to an agreement on the $1.1 trillion spending bill, which was expected to easily pass well before the midnight deadline on [Thursday], said Speaker John Boehner at a press conference Wednesday The House cleared a hurdle early Thursday by narrowly advancing the bill in a procedural vote of 214-212. After floor debate ended just after 2 p.m. local time, the House abruptly adjourned instead of moving forward with the final vote, as originally planned. Backlash continued from both sides of the aisle because of several provisions inside the bill. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-
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