Articles Tagged: attempted murder

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.

An Iowa City man who fled to Jordan in 2023 to avoid prosecution for attempted murder voluntarily surrendered to Chicago Police with help of UI Police and the U.S. Embassy in Jordan.

A woman, during her former fiance’s sentencing on Tuesday, said he blames alcohol for his behavior in April but there’s no excuse for him kicking, punching and stomping on her, causing multiple face, eye, rib and neck injuries. She still has emotional trauma from that night.

A Marion man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for trying to kill a man, but instead, struck his victim’s mother in both her legs. He must serve a mandatory 5 years before being eligible for parole.

After years of delays for mental competency proceedings and from efforts to keep his statements to police from being used at trial, Anthony Depolis, 34, on Friday pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his wife in July 2020.

Jury convicts Cedar Rapids man of attempting to kill his ex-girlfriend in 2022. Victim didn’t testify but her deposition was allowed at trial, where she described how he slashed her throat and stabbed her in the back.

A judge ruled Monday that prosecutors could use sworn testimony from a deposition of a woman authorities say was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend because prosecutors cannot find her as his attempted murder trial starts Tuesday in Linn County District Court.

Parents who helped their son flee to Jordan to avoid prosecution for trying to kill a woman and rob her in 2022, received early release from the Iowa Board of Parole in May. They each served less than a year of 5-year sentences.