On Monday,  November  14th, 2016 at approximately 11:30  p.m., Officers of the Oskaloosa Police Department received a complaint of subjects on the William  Penn University campus, Watson Hall dormitory 201Trueblood Avenue, armed with guns.  While Officers were en route  to the University campus it was reported that the suspects had left the University  in a vehicle.

Officers located and stopped the suspect vehicle in the 1800  block of South Market Street. Four occupants were found to be inside the vehicle. As a result of this traffic stop and the subsequent investigation the following persons were arrested and charged with 3 counts of 1st degree Robbery  and possession of a controlled substance:

Brandy kukua Mends, age 19, of Kansas City, Mo. Julious John Sabastiano, age 19, of Kansas City, Mo. Sean M. Thompson, age 19, of Kansas City, Mo.

Vernon Smith Amaje Aziah, age 20, of Kansas City, Mo.

During this investigation it was determined that three different William Penn University students had been victimized during this incident. There were no injuries  during this incident  and the above-mentioned defendants were taken into custody without incident.

The four defendants are incarcerated in the Mahaska County Jail. Robbery in the  pt degree is a class “B” felony. Possession of a controlled substance is a serious misdemeanor.

The Police Department was assisted in this investigation by members of the Mahaska County Sheriff’s

Office.

As a reminder, a criminal charge is merely  an accusation and all defendants  are presumed  innocent until and unless proven  guilty.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A judge gave a former Burlington City Council member more time to think about his plea agreement after he hesitated during a hearing on three felony sexual abuse charges.

The Hawk Eye reports (http://bit.ly/2eB8xJN ) District Judge Mary Ann Brown decided not to delay Monday’s hearing a day until Chris King was comfortable with the implications of his plea agreement.

During Monday’s hearing, King hesitated when asked about his plans to enter an Alford plea, which means he maintains innocence but acknowledges prosecutors have enough evidence for conviction.

King is appealing his August conviction in a separate case where prosecutors say he had sex with teen girls he met through his Burlington photo studio.

King, a council member from 2002 to 2005, has said sex with the girls was consensual.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have identified the 19-year-old woman who died this weekend after being shot in the head.

The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports (http://bit.ly/2g8gRkB ) Talesa Wright was identified by police on Sunday.

Wright died Saturday. Police say she was in a car with two other people Friday night when she was shot. No one else was hurt.

Police are still working to identify the shooter. An autopsy will be performed on Wright this week.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Terry Branstad has called for a single statewide minimum wage, rather than a hodgepodge of wages that vary by county, and a new Republican majority in the Legislature could give him a clear path to enact uniform pay rates.

That worries some supporters of higher minimum wages who fear the state could couple an insignificant wage increase with a ban on local jurisdictions approving their own higher wages, as four counties have already done.

More than a dozen states have passed similar so-called pre-emption laws regarding minimum wage.

Branstad said in October that a single minimum wage was better because businesses are being negatively affected. Some county officials say any legislation challenging local control must include a meaningful raise to the minimum wage.