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Bentley makes initial appearance
03/26/2005 11:16 AM
By: Dorothyde Souza Guedes - The Gazette
Roger P. Bentley makes an initial appearance by video from the Linn County Jail Saturday on a child stealing charge.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - A disheveled Roger P. Bentley made an initial appearance this morning in Linn County Court via video from the Linn County Jail on a charge of child stealing, a Class C felony.
Bentley, 37, of Brandon, is being held in lieu of $1 million cash-only bail in connection with the disappearance of 10-year-old Jetseta Marrie Gage.
The girl disappeared from her home at 448 Jacolyn Dr. NW Thursday night. A statewide Amber Alert -- the notice of a missing child -- was issued shortly before midnight and was canceled at about 2 p.m. Friday after a body was found in rural Johnson County and Bentley was in custody.
The investigation in Linn and Johnson counties is ongoing and additional charges are being filed, Linn County Assistant Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden said Saturday.