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They didn't include this info in a previous version of this story, but some of you may have seen Coach Thomas in an story about rebuilding the football stadium after it was hit by a tornado. I saw it, but I didn't realize this was the same town/coach.
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Police say Becker was supposed to have been taken to a hospital psychiatric ward after leading police on a car chase.
Cedar Falls Police Chief Jeff Olson says he was told Butler County Sheriff's deputies would take Becker to the ward after taking a baseball bat to a Cedar Falls home and leading police on a chase Saturday night.
The Sheriff's Office declined to comment on whether deputies took Becker to the ward.
Olson says Becker was released from custody at some point but that his department wasn't notified.
According to online court records, Becker had been arrested Saturday by Parkersburg police on a felony charge of eluding and additional charges of speeding, reckless driving and failure to obey a stop sign. Becker was charged Monday with eluding police pursuit.
Becker was arrested shortly after the shooting and charged with first-degree murder, authorities said. He is being held in Butler County Jail on $1 million bond with a preliminary hearing set for July 2.
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Court records also show that Becker pleaded guilty in Black Hawk County last winter to charges of assault causing injury, possession of drug paraphernalia and criminal mischief in the fourth degree. On the assault charge, Becker served a four-day jail term with the remaining 86 days suspended, the Des Moines Register reported.
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