GUILTY IA - Ackley couple arrested for locking 9 year old child under stairs & deprived food, July 2018

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New charges filed against woman who locked boy in basement

ACKLEY, Iowa — New charges have been filed against an Iowa woman convicted on charges related to locking her boyfriends son under basement stairs.
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Now authorities have filed child endangerment charges against Tyler for the same case.
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A jury trial is scheduled for June 4th.
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The boys father, Alex Shadlow, 30, is facing kidnapping charges in the case. His jury trial is scheduled for Sept. 30th, 2019 in Dickinson County.
 
from the court site for
Tyler:

Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date
ORDER SETTING TRIAL STOEBE KURT J 05/07/2019 05/07/2019 05/07/2019
Comments: PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 05/28/2019 09:00 AM CT1.JURY TRIAL SET
FOR 6/4/2019 @ 9AM

OTHER ORDER STOEBE KURT J 05/07/2019 05/07/2019 05/07/2019
Comments: ORDER APPOINT BREANNA M. NELSON AS GAL

MOTION NELSON BREANNA MARGARET 05/06/2019 05/06/2019 05/06/2019
Comments: MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR MINOR VICTIM

WRITTEN ARRAIGNMENT AND PLEA OF NOT GUILTY WILSON MOORE JENNIE L 05/06/2019 05/06/2019 05/06/2019
Comments: DEMAND

APP FOR COUNSEL/FINANCIAL STATEMENT 04/30/2019 04/30/2019 04/30/2019

PRE-TRIAL RELEASE EVALUATION 04/30/2019 04/30/2019 04/30/2019
APPEARANCE MEYER DARRELL G 04/29/2019 04/29/2019 04/29/2019
APPEARANCE OLSON NICOLE LEE 04/29/2019 04/29/2019 04/29/2019
Comments: APPEARANCE BY AAG NICOLE LEONARD
APPEARANCE WILSON MOORE JENNIE L 04/29/2019 04/29/2019 04/29/2019
Comments: W/ WAIVER OF PRELIMINARY HEARING

HEARING FOR INITIAL APPEARANCE AHLERS PAUL B 04/27/2019 04/29/2019 04/29/2019
Comments: DEFT HELD ON $25,000.00 CASH ONLY BOND, JENNIE WILSON-MOORE
APPOINTED, PRELIM. HRG SET FOR 5/1/2019

WARRANT SERVED HARDIN COUNTY SHERIFF 04/27/2019 04/29/2019 04/29/2019
Comments: 42-1 SERVED-FEES-$35.50

ARREST WARRANT TYLER TRACI LYNN 04/26/2019 04/26/2019 04/29/2019
ORDER TO ISSUE WARRANT STOEBE KURT J 04/26/2019 04/26/2019 04/26/2019
Comments: BOND SET IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000.00 CASH ONLY.
ARRAIGNMENT SET FOR 5/13/19 @ 9:00 A.M.
MINUTES OF TESTIMONY 04/26/2019 04/26/2019 04/26/2019
TRIAL INFORMATION 04/26/2019 04/26/2019 04/26/2019

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm
 
Tuesday, May 28th:
*Pretrial Conference Hearing (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (4/26/19) & arraigned (5/13/19) with child endangerment. Plead not guilty. $25K bond cash only.
5/13/19: Arraignment hearing. Appointed attorney. Plead not guilty. $25K bond cash only. Pretrial conference on 5/28. Trial set for 6/4.
Was arrested & charged (7/17/18) & arraigned (8/13/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond.
Harden County moved to Cerro Gordo County
Trial started 2/5/19. 4/10/19 found guilty of false imprisonment & not the 1st or 3rd degree kidnapping charges. Bond was reduced to $1500, cash bond posted on 4/10/19. 4/26/19: Was sentenced Friday to up to a year in jail. Because Tyler served 266 days in jail before her conviction, she may only serve another three months. That time could be reduced for good behavior. She was fined $315.
*Alex Craig Shadlow – Next Setting hearing on 7/8.
 
Tyler:

RESISTANCE BULLER TYLER 05/29/2019 05/29/2019 05/29/2019
Comments: TO MOTION TO DISMISS
ORDER SETTING HEARING STOEBE KURT J 05/23/2019 05/23/2019 05/23/2019
Comments: HEARING 07/08/2019 01:30 PM CT1.
FAXED TO HC JAIL 5/23/19

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm


Seems trial has been continued...

ah -
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE BULLER TYLER 05/17/2019 05/17/2019 05/17/2019
Comments: JOINT MOTION, REQUEST FOR TSC MAY 29 OR LATER
 
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RESISTANCE BULLER TYLER 05/29/2019 05/29/2019 05/29/2019
Comments: TO MOTION TO DISMISS

ORDER SETTING HEARING STOEBE KURT J 05/23/2019 05/23/2019 05/23/2019
Comments: HEARING 07/08/2019 01:30 PM CT1.
FAXED TO HC JAIL 5/23/19

MOTION TO DISMISS WILSON MOORE JENNIE L 05/22/2019 05/22/2019 05/22/2019

ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE STOEBE KURT J 05/20/2019 05/20/2019 05/20/2019
Comments: PRETRIAL CONFERENCE 07/08/2019 09:00 AM CT1.

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm
 
Motion to Dismiss? Of course. It was only child abuse. Blaming a child for being abused.
 
Wondering what this article says - I can't access it over here....

Father seeks evaluation of son in confined child case

TIA! :)
ELDORA — An Ackley father accused of confining his son inside a basement enclosure is asking the court for an independent medical evaluation of the boy ahead of his upcoming trial.

Authorities allege Alex Craig Shadlow, 30, and his fiancé, Traci Lynn Tyler, 40, kept the then 8-year-old boy in the locked area behind the stairs as punishment and withheld bathroom breaks in 2017. Prosecutors allege the treatment amounted to torture and kidnapping.

Shadlow’s trial is scheduled for August, and the defense has hired a clinical psychologist as an expert witness it says needs to evaluate the child.

Prosecutors are challenging the move, saying the court doesn’t have the authority to order the child to comply with a psychiatric examination.

Shadlow’s jury trial is scheduled to take place at the Dickinson County Courthouse in Spirit Lake following a venue change. He is charged with kidnapping and child endangerment.

Tyler was tried on the kidnapping charge in a February bench trial and was found guilty of a reduced charge of misdemeanor false imprisonment. Prosecutors then added a child endangerment charge based on the same incidents.

Her attorneys are fighting the endangerment charge, asking it be thrown out on double jeopardy grounds.

“The common law principle of double jeopardy prevents any person from being twice put in jeopardy for the same offense,” defense attorney Jennie L. Wilson-Moore wrote in a motion challenging the charge. “The state is attempting another bite at the apple after not receiving a felony conviction following the first trial involving this offense, while using the exact same evidence presented at trial on the prior offense.”

Tyler’s second trial, this time in front of a jury, is tentatively scheduled for July, and she is seeking a change of venue to remove the trial from the Hardin County area.
 
Monday, July 1st:
*Motions Hearing (all charges) (@ 9:30am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond. Charged (5/3/19) & arraigned (5/13/19) with enhanced child endangerment. Plead not guilty. Hardin County moved to Dickson County
Bench trial was set to start 7/17/19-cancelled, now scheduled for 8/12/19.
Court hearings from 7/30/19 thru 5/6/19 reference post #135 here:
IA - Ackley couple arrested for locking 9 year old child under stairs & deprived food, July 2018

5/13/19 Update: Attorneys appointed. Plead not guilty. Next pretrial hearing on 7/8. Scheduled to stand trial at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, on a Class B felony charge of enhanced child endangerment. And his request for a jury trial & jurors will be scheduled to hear that case at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at the Dickinson County Courthouse in Spirit Lake.
6/24/19: Phone conference hearing. Child endangerment on 7/8 @ 9am, kidnap/torture @ 9:30am & joinder of trial info @ 10am.
6/26/19 Update: Defense is asking the court for an independent medical evaluation of the boy ahead of Shadlow's upcoming trial. Defense has hired a clinical psychologist as an expert witness it says needs to evaluate the child. Prosecutors are challenging the move, saying the court doesn’t have the authority to order the child to comply with a psychiatric examination. Hearing set for 7/1. And pretrial hearing on 7/22.
*Traci Lynn Tyler (39) – Next hearing on 7/8.
 
Insult to injury. The "defense" gets to choose their own "expert" for an evaluation of the abused child. I am sure that it will be completely unbiased.
 
for Shadlow:

Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date
ORDER FOR CONTINUANCE KESTER ADRIA A 06/28/2019 06/28/2019 06/28/2019
Comments: HEARING 07/08/2019 09:00 AM CT1.

ORDER SETTING HEARING KESTER ADRIA A 06/28/2019 06/28/2019 06/28/2019
Comments: HEARING 07/08/2019 09:00 AM CT1.

OTHER ORDER KESTER ADRIA A 06/28/2019 06/28/2019 06/28/2019
Comments: RE: FILINGS
MOTION TO WITHDRAW COUNSEL SANDY JOHN LAWRENCE 06/27/2019 06/27/2019 06/27/2019

ORDER APPOINTING COUNSEL AT STATE EXPENSE KESTER ADRIA A 06/24/2019 06/24/2019 06/24/2019
Comments: JOHN L. & JOHN M. SANDY APPOINTED. TELEPHONE CONFERENCE
CALL SHALL SET FOR 7/01/19 @ 9:30 A.M.

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm
 
Monday, July 8th:
*Motions Hearing (all charges) (@ 9am to 10am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond. Charged (5/3/19) & arraigned (5/13/19) with enhanced child endangerment. Plead not guilty.
Hardin County moved to Dickson County
Bench trial was set to start 7/17/19-cancelled, now scheduled for 8/12/19.
Court hearings from 7/30/19 thru 5/6/19 reference post #135 here:
IA - Ackley couple arrested for locking 9 year old child under stairs & deprived food, July 2018

5/13/19 Update: Attorneys appointed. Plead not guilty. Next pretrial hearing on 7/8. Scheduled to stand trial at 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 16, on a Class B felony charge of enhanced child endangerment. And his request for a jury trial & jurors will be scheduled to hear that case at 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 12, at the Dickinson County Courthouse in Spirit Lake.
6/24/19: Phone conference hearing. Child endangerment on 7/8 @ 9am, kidnap/torture @ 9:30am & joinder of trial info @ 10am.
6/26/19 Update: Defense is asking the court for an independent medical evaluation of the boy ahead of Shadlow's upcoming trial. Defense has hired a clinical psychologist as an expert witness it says needs to evaluate the child. Prosecutors are challenging the move, saying the court doesn’t have the authority to order the child to comply with a psychiatric examination. Hearing set for 7/1. And pretrial hearing on 7/22. 7/1/19 Update: Motion to withdraw from counsel (6/27/19). Next hearing on 7/8

ALSO:
*Pretrial Motions Conference Hearing (@ 9:30am & 1:30pm CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (4/26/19) & arraigned (5/13/19) with child endangerment. Plead not guilty. $25K bond cash only.
5/13/19: Arraignment hearing for new charges filed by DA. Appointed attorney. Plead not guilty. $25K bond cash only. Pretrial conference on 5/28. Trial set for 6/4.
5/28/19 Update: Tyler was tried on the kidnapping charge in a February bench trial and was found guilty of a reduced charge of misdemeanor false imprisonment. Prosecutors then added a child endangerment charge based on the same incidents. Her attorneys are fighting the endangerment charge, asking it be thrown out on double jeopardy grounds. And is seeking a change of venue to remove the trial from the Hardin County area. Motion to dismiss & Change of Venue motion will be heard on 7/8 @ 1:30pm. Order for continuance will also be heard on 7/8 @ 9:30am.
Was arrested & charged (7/17/18) & arraigned (8/13/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond. **Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County Case #FECR311202 Trial started 2/5/19. 4/10/19 found guilty of false imprisonment & not the 1st or 3rd degree kidnapping charges. Bond was reduced to $1500, cash bond posted on 4/10/19. 4/26/19: Was sentenced Friday to up to a year in jail. Because Tyler served 266 days in jail before her conviction, she may only serve another three months. That time could be reduced for good behavior. She was fined $315.
 
No update on Shadlow.

For Tyler:

Event Filed By Filed Create Date Last Updated Action Date
OTHER ORDER KESTER ADRIA A 07/08/2019 07/09/2019 07/09/2019
Comments: HEARINGS SET FOR THIS DATE ON THE PENDING MOTIONS ARE
CANCELLED

ORDER FOR PSI KESTER ADRIA A 07/08/2019 07/09/2019 07/09/2019
Comments: SENTENCING HEARING 08/16/2019 09:00 AM CT1.

COURT REPORTER MEMORANDUM AND CERTIFICATE 07/08/2019 07/08/2019 07/08/2019
Comments: JESSICA SAVITS-$40.00

OTHER ORDER KESTER ADRIA A 07/08/2019 07/08/2019 07/08/2019
Comments: APPROVING AMENDED TRIAL INFORMATION
PLEA AGREEMENT BULLER TYLER 07/08/2019 07/08/2019 07/08/2019
MINUTES OF TESTIMONY KESTER ADRIA A 07/08/2019 07/08/2019 07/08/2019
Comments: ADDITIONAL MINUTES

AMENDED TRIAL INFORMATION KESTER ADRIA A 07/08/2019 07/08/2019 07/08/2019
Comments: PURSUANT TO PLEA AGREEMENT

link: https://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/TIndexFrm
 
No need to tell me what the articles says - found another one.

Iowa couple accused of keeping boy under staircase, subjecting him to 'torture,' pleads guilty to child endangerment


An Iowa couple accused of confining an 8-year-old boy beneath a basement staircase has pleaded guilty to felony charges.

Alex Craig Shadlow, 31, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of third-degree kidnapping and two counts of child endangerment causing serious injury. Traci Lynn Tyler, 40, pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of child endangerment causing serious injury, court records show.


Shoot - no sentencing date for Shadlow.... will have to check the court site in the morning.
 
The slippery slope here, if the defendant is allowed to include a court ordered psychological evaluation of the child/victim of this crime, what is to stop, say a rapist, from demanding a psychological evaluation of their victim to be mandated, and included in the court case?
 
Friday, August 16th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Traci Lynn Tyler (39) arrested & charged (4/26/19) & arraigned (5/13/19) with child endangerment. Plead not guilty. $25K bond cash only. 7/8/19Update: With plea agreement has plead guilty. Sentencing on 8/16.
Was arrested & charged (7/17/18) & arraigned (8/13/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only bond. **Hardin County moved to Cerro Gordo County Case #FECR311202 Trial started 2/5/19. 4/10/19 found guilty of false imprisonment & not the 1st or 3rd degree kidnapping charges. Bond was reduced to $1500, cash bond posted on 4/10/19. 4/26/19: Was sentenced Friday to up to a year in jail. Because Tyler served 266 days in jail before her conviction, she may only serve another three months. That time could be reduced for good behavior. She was fined $315.

*Sentencing Hearing (@ 10am CT) – IA – E.S. (boy, 8/9 yrs) (July 17, 2018, Ackley) – only for *Alex Craig Shadlow (30) “dad” arrested & charged (7/17/18) with 1st degree kidnapping & torture. Plead not guilty. $500K cash only or surety bond. Charged (5/3/19) & arraigned (5/13/19) with enhanced child endangerment. Plead not guilty. Hardin County moved to Dickson County
Bench trial was set to start 7/17/19-cancelled, now scheduled for 8/12/19-cancelled plead guilty.
7/8/19 Update: Shadlow pleaded guilty Monday to one count of third-degree kidnapping & two counts of child endangerment causing serious injury. Sentencing hearing on 8/16.
 

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