Maquoketa, Iowa: Drew Edwards died after cops Mike Owen & Steve Schroeder tased, sat on him, sister still seeks accountability

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Watch officer Michael Owen (Maquoketa, Iowa) and deputy Steven Schroeder (Jackson County, Iowa) murder Drew Edwards​

Drew Edwards died after Maquoketa officer Tased, sat on him. His sister is still asking for accountability.

21 November 2021

Two sets of handmade lighted angel wings adorn side-by-side graves in Maquoketa's City Cemetery, one blue, the other red. They were lovingly crafted by Tricia Steines to honor her brother, Drew Edwards, and her nephew, Derek Van Amburg. "I go out to the cemetery and I keep their graves cleaned up and I decorate them for every holiday and make sure they have matching things," Steines said Aug. 24 from her rural Bellevue home about 20 minutes north of Maquoketa. "I feel close to them when I'm out there." The two men grew up together and were more like brothers ...

Drew Edwards died after Maquoketa officer Tased, sat on him. His sister is still asking for accountability.

The family of Drew Edwards received $4.5M as the result of a settlement for his wrongful death, but they want accountability.

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Jackson County, Iowa, killer deputy Steve Schroeder​

 

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Edwards family seeks information
Lawyer plans to conduct independent investigation

1 October 2019

The family of Drew Edwards is seeking more information about the events surrounding the 22-year-old man’s death in Maquoketa during an altercation with city and county law officers in which a taser was used. Cedar Rapids lawyer Dave O’Brien of Dave O’Brien Law, P.C., is representing the Edwards family in its effort to gain access to documents, videos and other materials that would provide more details about how Edwards died while being taken into custody shortly after 7 a.m. June 15 at West Apple Street near downtown. Muscatine County Attorney Alan Ostergren and the Iowa Department of Criminal Investigation released ...

https://www.maqnews.com/news/local/edwards-family-seeks-information/article_952343ac-e45a-11e9-8873-6f62dfe1e8dc.html

 

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Maquoketa family set to receive more than $4-million after son dies in police custody
In September, it was determined that authorities used reasonable force and no evidence of any criminal conduct was found.

24 January 2020

Update: The city of Maquoketa has agreed to pay out a settlement of $4-million. The Edwards family accused police of excessive force after the confrontation seen on a police body camera. The city council approved the wrongful death settlement but it won't be final without one more step in court. Drew Edwards died back in June 2019 after an encounter with police responding to a domestic dispute. Police say they were forced to taser him six times and he later died at a hospital. Previously: A Maquoketa family says police used too much force when they arrested and tased 22-year-old ...

Maquoketa family set to receive more than $4-million after son dies in police custody

In September, it was determined that authorities used reasonable force and no evidence of any criminal conduct was found.

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Report: Expert says officer improperly deployed Taser on Maquoketa man

15 April 2020

An expert tapped by the family of Drew Edwards in a wrongful death lawsuit has opined that a Maquoketa police officer’s use of a Taser was “inappropriate.” Further, officers who encountered the 22-year-old Maquoketa man on June 15 did not have sufficient probable cause to even arrest him, according to a report from William Harmening, who has been in law enforcement for about 36 years. The attorney for Edwards’ family released the report to TV6 late Tuesday afternoon. The family filed the lawsuit in October in U.S. District Court, Dubuque, against the city of Maquoketa, Jackson County, Maquoketa officer Brendan ...

Report: Expert says officer improperly deployed Taser on Maquoketa man

An expert tapped by the family of Drew Edwards in a wrongful death lawsuit has opined that a Maquoketa police officer’s use of a Taser was “inappropriate.”

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