From The Smart Shopper Denison Published on December 6, 2016 All charges lodged by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) against Denison Police Officer…
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If you are subject to a no-contact order as a part of your pre-trial release or as a condition of probation, then you should know…
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One of the new crimes passed in Iowa in 2016 is Senate File 2115 for “Interference With Official Acts — Jailers.” The Act relates to interference…
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One of the laws passed in 2016 in Iowa provides for the expungement of a record for “Public Intoxication” and “Alcohol Consumption” offenses under Senate…
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After a judgment of conviction has been or may be entered, the court can sentence a person to probation. As provided in Iowa Code §907.1(5), the…
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During the initial consultation, our clients often ask “Is my charge a misdemeanor? What are the potential penalties?” Under Iowa Code §903.1, misdemeanors are classified…
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On the evening of July 18, 2013, Kathy Barlas returned to her home in Mason City, Iowa, to find her adult son waiting in the garage in his underwear, dripping with blood. “Mom, I killed Satan,” Tom Barlas Jr. said to his mother. Did he mean he hurt the dog? “No, Mom, I killed Satan,” he repeated. Kathy entered the house, heading toward her bedroom where she found her husband, Tom Barlas Sr., lifeless on the floor, bleeding from multiple stab wounds. He was dead…
MASON CITY, Ia. – Thomas Barlas Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity this summer in the 2013 stabbing death of his father. Court observers say they think it was the first time such a defense was successfully argued in Cerro Gordo County.
A judge found that Barlas was mentally ill when he murdered his father, Thomas Barlas Sr., at the elder man’s Mason City home. The rarely used defense was unsuccessful in three other high-profile murder cases in the region….
