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Iowa federal prosecutor tapped as Army general

Sunday, August 15, 2010 No Comments by admin

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) – President Obama has nominated a Cedar Rapids-based assistant U.S. attorney to serve as brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserve and chief judge of the Army Court of Criminal Appeals.The U.S. Attorney’s office for Iowa’s Northern District announced Patrick Reinert’s appointment Wednesday. As assistant U.S. attorney, the 49-year-old Reinert handles criminal prosecutions and serves as chief of the office’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. He has been an assistant U.S. attorney in Iowa since 1990. Read more »

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Iowa slaughterhouse manager sent to NY prison

Sunday, August 15, 2010 No Comments by admin

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A former Iowa kosher slaughterhouse executive is serving his 27-year prison sentence on federal financial fraud convictions at a medium security prison in Otisville, New York.
According to an order filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids, Sholom Rubashkin was transferred to the Federal Correctional Institution on Aug. 2.
Rubashkin’s attorney, Guy Cook, had requested Otisville during his sentencing hearing.
Cook noted Monday that the prison is close to Rubashkin’s family and it can accommodate his religious obligations.
Rubashkin, a former manager of Agriprocessors in Postville, was convicted last fall of 86 charges. He is seeking a new trial.
Agriprocessors was the site of a May 2008 immigration raid in which 389 workers were arrested.

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