Lang
11/29/24
A Hope House resident who is banned from Shelter House has been fined for trespassing in a nearby tent city.
Iowa City Police say just after midnight last Friday 45-year-old Yahya Karim…who has a lengthy criminal history…entered and remained in an occupied tent at the tent city that popped over the summer along Waterfront Drive. Karim has a criminal trespass warning in effect for Shelter House property, and the tent city technically sits on the facility’s grounds.
Police say they reminded Karim earlier in the night to avoid coming back to the tent city, but he still decided to return.
Karim pleaded guilty to a Trespassing charge and was fined $500.