The Highway Patrol Trooper charged in the drowning death of a 20 year old Iowa man in May of 2014 appeared in court on Tuesday (19). Trooper Anthony Piercy waived his arraignment and preliminary hearing. He will be back in court on February 11th for a formal arraignment. Piercy is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Brandon Ellingson who drowned at the Lake after going overboard while in the custody of the Highway Patrol’s Water Patrol Division.
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