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DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird announced that her office secured a conviction against Wakinyan Tola Freemont for Homicide by Vehicle - Operating Under the Influence, a class B felony, in Monona County, Iowa, on October 9, 2025.   On the morning of October 18, 2023, Freemont was driving a vehicle...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 12-state coalition in a brief stating people trapped in gridlock traffic by pro-Hamas protestors who blocked the highway leading to Chicago’s O’Hare airport should be allowed to continue their lawsuit.   On April 15, 2024, in Chicago, protesters blocked lanes of Interstate 190 leading...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today she led a coalition of 18 states challenging a Minnesota state law that mandates allowing men to participate in women’s sports.   Many states have enacted laws that ban men from participating in women’s sports, but the state of Minnesota has done the opposite. The...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced she joined a bipartisan coalition of 34 states and the District of Columbia in a brief supporting Tennessee’s law that protects children from social media harm.   Studies continue to show that social media use leads to anxiety and depression in adolescents. In spite...

DES MOINES— In a report issued today, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office has concluded that the September 6, 2025, fatal shooting of Camryn Leroy Stonehocker by Officer Marshall Moore from the Boone Police Department was legally justified.   On September 6, 2025, at approximately 10:24 p.m., Officer Marshall Moore was conducting...

DES MOINES—Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird was joined by 19 other attorneys general today as she filed emergency briefs supporting President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Portland, and by 17 other attorneys general supporting deployment of troops to Chicago to stop the violent attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird joined a coalition of twelve states urging Meta to answer questions about the seemingly unfettered distribution of graphic livestreams and videos on Facebook and Instagram of the violent terrorist attacks by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023.   In light of a lawsuit against...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird congratulates Leif Olson on his confirmation by the U.S. Senate to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa.   Attorney General Bird appointed Olson as Chief Deputy Attorney General after she took office in 2023. Since then, Olson has played a vital role...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird is warning Iowans about an increase in asphalt scams, specifically happening in Tama County (which may have now spread to surrounding counties).  In an asphalt scam, a crew arrives at your door unannounced. The supposed “contractor” will often claim to have asphalt leftover from another job performed...

DES MOINES—Attorney General Brenna Bird announced today that she joined a bipartisan coalition of 31 states and the District of Columbia to support a Georgia law that limits addictive practices directed at minors by social media companies.  States have an interest in protecting minors from the risks of social media...