A JUDGE HAS SET A CASH BOND OF TWO MILLION-DOLLARS FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING AN ALGONA POLICE OFFICER LAST WEEK.
43-YEAR-OLD KYLE LOU RICKE OF ALGONA IS ACCUSED OF FATALLY SHOOTING OFFICER KEVIN CRAM ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13TH AS CRAM WAS ATTEMPTING TO SERVE A WARRANT FOR RICKE’S ARREST.
RICKE MADE HIS INITIAL APPEARANCE IN KOSSUTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND JUDGE MARK LADDUSAW ANNOUNCED HE’S SEEN ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR THE CASE TO PROCEED.
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RICKIE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND THE JUDGE EXPLAINED A GUILTY VERDICT WOULD RESULT IN A SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON.
ASSISTANT IOWA ATTORNEY GENERAL SCOTT BROWN ASKED THE JUDGE TO SET A CASH-ONLY BOND OF FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
RICKE2 OC………..THAT HE DOES.” :14
JUDGE LADDUSAW SETTLED ON TWO MILLION DOLLARS AND STIPULATED THE FULL AMOUNT HAD TO BE PAID IN CASH BEFORE RICKIE COULD BE RELEASED.
A PRELIMINARY HEARING IN THE CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT 1 P-M IN KOSSUTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.
RICKE IS NOW BEING HELD AT THE KOSSUTH COUNTY JAIL IN ALGONA FOLLOWING HIS EXTRADITION FROM MINNESOTA.
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