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1/23/24
A suspect accused of stealing over $1,000 in fireworks from an Iowa City sales tent has entered a guilty plea.
40-year-old Calvin Edwards made the plea Monday as part of a deal with prosecutors. Details of the plea deal have not been released.
Iowa City Police say just before 12:30am on June 24th they found Edwards and 59-year-old Curtis Seals…both of Cross Park Avenue…pushing a shopping cart full of fireworks through a parking lot near the intersection of Southgate Avenue and Keokuk Street. The two were accused of forcing their way inside the nearby fireworks tent in the Waterfront Hy-Vee parking lot and taking a shopping cart full of merchandise. The tent had been closed for business since 9pm.
The total value of the stolen fireworks was listed at $1,113.73.
Both men were charged with 3rd Degree Burglary and 3rd Degree Theft. Charges against Seals were dismissed earlier this month. A sentencing date for Edwards has not yet been set.
If convicted on both charges, they each could have faced a maximum of seven years in prison.