Articles Tagged: attempted murder

The victim of a shooting, for which a Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday, was taken off life support and ‘remains in a comatose state,’ according to a criminal complaint filed March 28.

Iowa City police have arrested a man on murder charges after a fatal shooting last week on S. Gilbert Street.

A Cedar Rapids man has been charged with attempted murder after police say he shot another man in February.

The long-awaited trial for an Iowa City man accused of robbed and choking a woman on the University of Iowa campus in 2022 was expected to start April 1, but now has been reset again to July 8. The defendant, Ali Younes, fled to Jordan but returned to face trial.

A Cedar Rapids man who was found with a body in his stalled car on I-80 in 2023 was sentenced to 55 years in prison in Poweshiek County District Court.

A Cedar Rapids man is charged with attempted murder and first-degree robbery after police say he stabbed a barbershop employee in the back with a knife.

Appeals court dismisses one trafficking in stolen weapons conviction for Stanley Donahue, who tried to kill a Linn County sheriff’s deputy during a convenience store robbery in 2021. His other nine convictions were upheld and his sentence remains 92 years in prison.

A judge gave a Cedar Rapids man with a lengthy history of assaults less prison time for trying to kill ex-girlfriend because of his age, back issues and because the judge said he didn’t believe the man was at risk to reoffend.

The Iowa Court of Appeals filed a ruling last month in the case of an Iowa City man charged with lighting his ex-girlfriend’s apartment on fire.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for trying to kill his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her multiple time and striking her in the head with a claw hammer. The judge said his version of events was “ridiculous and unbelievable” and the victim was credible.

A 14-year-old boy who admitted to firing a handgun at a police officer in May pleaded to three felonies and six misdemeanors. He was prosecuted as a youthful offender and will be sent to the Boys State Training School in Eldora until he turns 18.

A Cedar Rapids man who was arrested last week on two counts of attempted murder shot multiple times at another man, hitting him once, according to a criminal complaint.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on two counts of attempted murder in relation to a shooting that happened in July.

A judge this week ordered Iowa parents, who were convicted of helping their son flee to Jordan to escape prosecution for attempted murder and other charges last year, to forfeit more than $11,000 in their bank account because it was used in the crime.

Ali Younes, 21, who fled the country to avoid prosecution for attempted murder and robbery of a woman in 2022, was extradited from Chicago over the weekend after self-surrendering last week. He was charged with an additional charge of escape from custody on Tuesday in Johnson County District Court.