THE INDEPENDENT DAILY NEWSPAPER FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COMMUNITY SINCE 1868 Monday, June 9, 2008 INSIDE During Looking a lot like ’93 break In the three weeks the DI has been on hiatus, the Iowa City area has been shocked by sever- al deaths and crimes in what has already been a violent year. The area also voted to set the table in the upcoming elections in November and saw a ruling from the highest court in the Better, stronger, state on a local dispute. faster Carver Also, see the DI’s stories on the Iowa River’s flooding, two The state Board of Regents new sexual assaults, and two will examine designs of a former Hawkeye football play- proposed addition to ers’ arrest. Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Metro, 7 Woman faces murder Tragedy hits charges in fatal Hawkeye hoopster stabbing The mother of Iowa basketball player Jake Kelly Audrey Harper, 28, of Riverdale, was among three people Ill., was charged May 27 with first- killed in a Florida plane crash degree murder in the fatal stabbing on June 7. Sports, 12 of 28-year-old Iowa City resident Shamon Ellis. Two Hawks get The stabbing occurred May 25 on the 200 block of East 121st Place in drafted the West Pullman neighborhood of Iowa’s Caleb Curry and Chicago. Kevin Hoef were selected in Chicago police spokesman John the 2008 Major League Mirabelli said the stabbing was a Baseball draft on June 6. “domestic-related incident” and that Sports, 12 the Chicago police believed Harper to be Ellis’s ex-girlfriend. Steve Lexa/The Daily Iowan Mirabelli said the defendant Festive fun The Skate Park, located across from the Mayflower, fills with floodwater from the Iowa River on Sunday. UI officials closed Mayflower Hall picked up a knife in the kitchen dur- The Iowa City Art Fest last week because of flooding. ing an argument with Ellis and weathers whipping winds to stabbed him. wow willful watchers and Ellis was taken to Advocate Christ dozen times in two weeks. wanderers. Metro, 7 By Adam Sullivan and Medical Center, where he was pro- Today, officials from the Corps Katie Hanson nounced dead May 27. of Engineers plan to increase THE DAILY IOWAN Iowa court records show Ellis to water output to the dam’s maxi- Sex and the City: have a lengthy criminal record, Paul Pata stood next to his mum outflow of 20,000 cubic which includes several domestic- Beirut wife, Dee Pata, and looked feet per second, more than abuse and assault convictions. across Coralville Reservoir dur- three times the normal rate. Caramel offers female According to the Chicago police, ing this past weekend. From This means more water is companionship through the investigation is now in the where he stood on top of the being released into the Iowa trials without the glitz. Arts hands of the Illinois state attorney’s & Culture, 5 Coralville Reservoir spillway, River below the dam. Despite he could identify just the top these changes, engineers pre- office. branches of the 50-foot trees. dict water will breach the spill- As of press time, no one from the Taking it to the He could barely see the rooftops way this week, increasing the attorney’s office was available for of bathrooms and shower rooms severity of the already wide- comment. streets that sit on the Reservoir beach. spread flooding in the Iowa City — by Carla Keppler A look at presidential hopeful He glanced at the boats floating area. John McCain’s proposal of where a parking lot should be. Local officials have raised the North Liberty man traveling and debating with Like many locals, the Patas specter of 1993, when the Iowa rival Barack Obama. are astounded by the amount of River rose from its banks and faces life in prison Opinions, 4 water coming from northern submerged more than a dozen A North Liberty man charged sections of the Iowa River to fill Iowa City streets for months with kidnapping faces life in prison the Reservoir. and caused storm-sewer cave- without the possibility of parole if dailyiowan.com Water in the reservoir sat at ins throughout the area. found guilty. around 710.69 feet on Sunday, The Patas traveled from North Liberty police charged fewer than 2 feet from the spill- Mount Vernon to look at the Chase Von Lienen, 21, 45 For photos, videos, audio, blogs, way’s crest of 712 feet. swollen Reservoir.And they cer- Hackberry St., with first-degree kid- and more, check us out online To prevent water from reach- tainly weren’t alone; hundreds lines and local officials have napping on May 28. at: dailyiowan.com ing the top of the spillway, the of people from Iowa City and been warning of for nearly a Flooding inundates parts According to police documents, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers beyond flocked to the site over week. of Iowa Von Lienen allegedly confined a Daily updates has increased outflow from the the weekend to see for them- See page 2 for more on what flood waters are Now check back at Reservoir more than a half- selves what newspaper head- SEE FLOOD, 3 doing to the rest of the state. SEE BREAK, 3 dailyiowan.com during the day for the latest news on the UI and Iowa City. Daily Iowan TV Two women fight assailants off with- To watch Daily Iowan TV, 2 ex-Hawks charged in minutes of each other on June 7. go online at dailyiowan.com or tune into UITV. The 15-minute newscast is on Sunday through Thursday After a six-month-long investigation, local police Two women at 9:30 and 10:30 p.m., with reruns at 12:30 and arrested two former Hawkeyes believed to have 1:30 a.m. and 7:45 and 8:45 a.m. the following day. sexually assaulted a girl in a UI dorm. report assaults Today’s webcast By Olivia Moran cash bond on June 5, and Ever- By Carla Keppler authorities reported. For photos, videos, audio, THE DAILY IOWAN son posted a $10,000 surety bond THE DAILY IOWAN She was uninjured during blogs, and more, check us on May 29. Former Iowa football players Everson’s preliminary hearing the incident, they said. out online at: The Iowa City police Police described the suspect Abe Satterfield and Cedric Ever- is set for today, although his dailyiowan.com responded to two reported as a Latino male in his early son were arrested on sexual- attorney, Leon Spies, said the assaults during the early morn- 20s, approximately 5-9 and 160 assault charges during the DI’s hearing will most likely not hap- ing hours of June 7. pounds, with short hair and an hiatus, stemming from an inci- pen. Spies said he plans on “fil- The recent assaults were accent. He was wearing a light WEATHER dent that reportedly took place ing a plea of not guilty.” fewer than five minutes apart green polo shirt and jeans. at Hillcrest in October 2007. Everson Satterfield If convicted, Everson could and occurred in residential In a second case, which police Police allege that on Oct. 14, ex-defensive back ex-defensive back face 25 years in prison. Satter- neighborhoods near downtown, said occurred at 1:45 a.m., offi- 2007, Satterfield, 19, forced a field is facing 35 years in prison according to police. cers reportedly arrived on the woman to have sexual inter- abuse. and a fine of $10,000 if convicted Officers said they responded 900 block of Iowa Avenue in Both former defensive backs of both charges. course with him in room N207 at 1:41 a.m. to the first of the two response to a possible burglary. Mostly cloudy, windy, with left the university before the end According to a university before allowing Everson, 18, to attacks in which a man report- There, a woman reportedly a 70% chance of of the investigation. Court docu- news release, UI officials do the same. Satterfield alleged- edly made a remark to a female found an unknown male in the showers/T-storms. Rainfall ments list Everson as living in became aware of the incident bathroom of her apartment ly provided access to the room walking east on the 600 block of may be quite heavy. and the woman, who was “inca- Marietta, Ga., with his parents. on Oct. 14, 2007, and a criminal upon returning home from © East College Street. pacitated” at the time, police Satterfield is from Erie, Pa., investigation began in Novem- downtown, officers said. The ber 2007. Since the alleged When the victim ignored the man allegedly pushed her onto 75 24 C 59 15 C reported. according to his Hawkeye foot- remark and continued walking, © assault, many questions have her bed but fled when she The UI police obtained arrest ball profile. The two turned the man reportedly jogged been raised about the effective- punched and kicked him. warrants for the two on May 27. themselves in during the same toward her, grabbed her from INDEX ness of the six-month-long The woman reporting the Satterfield was charged with sec- week not long after the warrants behind, and pushed her to the investigation. incident was uninjured, officers Arts 5 Opinions 4 ond- and third-degree sexual were issued. ground. The woman then said. Classifieds 10 Sports 12 abuse, and Everson was charged Online court records show struck the suspect in the face Crossword 6 with second-degree sexual that Satterfield posted a $2,500 SEE FOOTBALL, 3 and fled east on College Street, SEE ASSAULTS, 3 2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - Monday, June 9, 2008 News dailyiowan.com for more news METRO STATE The Daily Iowan Regents to take bonds Des Moines Higher Education tablets and more than $10,000 in Floods hit state Collaborative, which offered oppor- Volume 140 Issue 1 Martin’s possession.