A Cedar Rapids man charged with two counts of attempted murder and six other charges asked for a new lawyer, citing trust and communications issues. His trial, which was set to start next month, will not go. It will be reset after a new lawyer is appointed.
Articles Tagged: attempted murder
Crime & Courts Jan. 6, 2026 3:19 pm14d ago
An Alabama man who was shot last week while exchanging gunfire with Linn County Sheriff’s deputies in Hiawatha is facing charges of attempted murder of a peace officer, according to a press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Crime & Courts Jan. 2, 2026 1:06 pm18d ago
A Cedar Rapids man charged with attempted murder after a shooting Sunday had his first appearance in court Friday and is being held in the Linn County Jail on a $40,000 cash-only bond.
Crime & Courts Dec. 31, 2025 3:48 pm20d ago
Thomas J. Vesey was arrested Tuesday and remains in custody at the Linn County Jail.
Crime & Courts Dec. 8, 2025 10:53 am43d ago
A judge on Friday convicted an Iowa City man of robbing and trying to kill a woman on the University of Iowa campus in April of 2022. Ali Younes faces up to 60 years in prison.
Crime & Courts Dec. 5, 2025 7:29 am46d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he shot a 13-year-old boy in January, in retaliation for a different shooting.
Crime & Courts Nov. 24, 2025 7:39 am57d ago
A judge will announce his verdict in December for Ali Younes, who is accused of robbing and trying to kill an Iowa City woman on the UI campus in 2022. He faces up to 60 years in prison.
Crime & Courts Nov. 20, 2025 7:43 am61d ago
A Cedar Rapids woman has been charged with attempted murder after police say she shot a man three times on Nov. 8.
Crime & Courts Oct. 27, 2025 4:14 pm85d ago
The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Rowley man on Friday after law enforcement officers say he intentionally hit his neighbor with his car.
Crime & Courts Oct. 6, 2025 3:44 pm106d ago
An Anamosa man was arrested Sunday on several charges — including attempted murder, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office — after law enforcement officers say he purposefully hit multiple cars with his own and then threatened multiple people with a machete.
Crime & Courts Sep. 12, 2025 7:29 am130d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after a fatal shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids.
Crime & Courts Aug. 26, 2025 7:40 am147d ago
Two teenagers are now charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting that injured four people Aug. 3 in Iowa City.
Crime & Courts Jul. 10, 2025 8:16 am194d ago
Ali Younes, accused of robbing and assaulting a woman in 2022 on the University of Iowa campus, initially told police a man he couldn’t identify assaulted the woman. He only came upon the woman after she was unconscious, he said, and stole her diamond earrings.
Crime & Courts Jul. 8, 2025 6:52 pm195d ago
An Iowa City woman who was assaulted and robbed on the UI campus in 2022, testified during the first day of her attacker’s bench trial in Johnson County. She sensed someone was following her and when he started strangling her, she feared for her life.
Crime & Courts Jul. 9, 2025 7:22 am195d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was booked into the Johnson County Jail Monday night, about two years after he was charged with attempted murder. He had been in custody in the Cook County Jail in Illinois on unrelated charges.

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