FOREST CITY, Iowa —A January
date has been set for another trial of a former Forest City police officer
charged with burglary and arson.
In May the Iowa Court of
Appeals ordered a new trial for 37-year-old Thaddeus Ellenbecker. The Appeals
Court said officers failed to read Ellenbecker his Miranda rights.
Court records say Ellenbecker's
new trial had been scheduled for Oct. 29 and then Dec. 10. Now it's set to
begin on Jan. 21.
Ellenbecker was convicted in
2012 of arson and burglary. He is accused of setting a fire that damaged the
Forest City police station in October 2011. Authorities say he stole an assault
rifle from a squad car in November 2010.
Ellenbecker was shot during a
scuffle with a state agent investigating the crimes.
