Prosecutors plan to propose a law for assault by groping because in current law it can only be charged as a simple assault - the same as if you pushed or shoved a victim. Many times these groping incidents are “traumatic” for the victims but don’t rise to the level of sexual abuse, as defined by Iowa law.
A Cedar Rapids man pleads to hitting, kicking and beating a teen with an extension cord and bat. The teen had multiple injuries to his face, head and body, including a kidney. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Kathleen Galloway-Menke was assaulted May 8 at the center, Ellipsis Iowa. Her family’s attorney, Trever Hook, said the 50-year-old mother of two daughters suffered brain damage and died Tuesday after life support was removed.
A Coralville man, originally charged with attempted murder, pleads to lesser charges in July 4 shooting in Iowa City. He faces 25 years in prison.
Chief state medical examiner testified 71-year-old woman’s head and facial injuries were consistent with blunt force trauma - being beaten by her son in 2020. She died from a pulmonary embolism, which ultimately resulted from the assault.
Doctors testified that Elsie Deason, who died less than a month later after being assaulted by her son, had bleeding in different areas of her brain and her condition was higher risk because she had been on blood thinners. Her son, George Deason, is on trial this week for fatally assaulting her in 2020.
A Cedar Rapids woman said she found her mother hiding under a bed comforter after being severely beaten by her son. The daughter said her mother’s eyes were swollen shut, clumps of her hair were missing and she had bruising all over.
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify a few individuals who investigators would like to talk to regarding two assaults that happened Sunday morning, according to a news release from the department.
A protester who was bracing against a pickup truck during a rally last year said it continued to drive forward at her and others in the crosswalk. She thought the driver was “willing to kill her.”
A 22-year-old woman, who was protesting with others the court’s ruling overturning abortion rights, said she didn’t think a pickup truck that came toward her and others in the crosswalk was going to hit her but it did.
A Oelwein man who was severely beaten and injured by two inmates in the Linn County Jail last year will receive a $85,000 settlement from the county.
Criminal penalties increase for several charges that involve Iowa’s most vulnerable — pregnant women and children.
An Oelwein man, who testified against a drug dealer and assaulted by his friends in the Linn County Jail pending trial, has reached a tentative agreement with the county. His lawyer said he couldn’t provide details until settlement is finalized.
A former ISU football player who assaulted the former UI basketball player in 2021 was sentenced to one year of probation and granted a deferred judgment.
Two men and one juvenile charged in weekend Iowa City bar fight, where three people were stabbed. Videos from witnesses aided police in making identifications of the suspects.
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