Articles Tagged: Assault

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.

A Tama man is charged in federal court for stabbing another man repeatedly during a fight on the Meskwaki Settlement last year.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to up to 25 years for assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend with a baseball bat and other charges.

An Oelwein man who testified against a meth dealer was brutally beaten in the Linn County Jail 12 days before the trial by convicted murderer Drew Blahnik and another cellmate. Federal and state authorities are investigating

A jury last week acquitted a former Cedar Rapids landlord who assaulted his tenant with a hammer. The landlord said the tenant, who had been given an eviction notice the day before attacked him and the landlord defended himself.

An Iowa City man, who helped organize Black Lives Matter protests, pleaded guilty Tuesday to lesser charges for injuring police officers by shining laser beams in their eyes during 2020 protest after George Floyd’s death.

A Cedar Rapids man, who has a lengthy history of eluding police in three counties and convictions for driving while barred, has been charged again with eluding police after backing up his car at a police officer and nearly hitting her.

A Cedar Rapids man, who beat a man with a vacuum attachment, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was ordered to pay $1,125 in victim restitution.

Cedar Rapids inmate escapes sheriff’s medical transport Tuesday, assaults deputy, steals SUV and leads authorities on a short chase before being arrested.

A Georgia man pleaded to assaulting an airport security officer at the Eastern Iowa Airport in 2019 when officers found drugs and nearly $38,000 cash in his luggage.

A Cedar Rapids man is accused of driving his car toward a police officer who fired his gun at the car. Investigators identified the suspect through video and other evidence found during the investigation, according to police.

Brandon W. Lee, 33, was taken into custody without incident at about 1:15 p.m. at 2429 Reynolds Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids.

After a 30-minute conversation about work, when the woman turned to exit, Shannon Siems reached out and flicked her breast, the complaint stated. She then yelled at him and tried to walk out but he grabbed her from behind in a bear hug and tried to spin her "onto a nearby dirty futon."

Iowa City police say Samahir Almhairat, 44, brought a butcher knife to local day care because she wanted to scare others following a dispute between her child and another child.