Articles Tagged: attempted murder

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.

A juvenile was arrested Thursday morning on charges that he fired a gun toward Hiawatha police officers, according to a news release from the Hiawatha Police Department.

Cedar Rapids police officers were dispatched to a hospital where they found the woman severely beaten and unrecognizable, a complaint shows.

A Cedar Rapids man faces up to 25 years for trying to kill his ex-girlfriend last year. He was convicted of attempted murder and other charges.

A judge will allow a statements, including a confession, made by a Cedar Rapids man who is accused of trying to kill his ex-wife in 2020. Judge says he voluntarily waived his rights and didn’t seemed confused or upset during the interview.

A psychologist said a Cedar Rapids man who tried to kill his ex-wife didn’t have the mental capacity to waive his rights when he confessed to police investigators.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 62 years in prison for pointing a shotgun at one officer and trying to kill another. The officers said his actions were “deliberate and with purpose” and he traumatized both them.

A Cedar Rapids man accused of trying to kill his wife by stabbing her multiple times in 2021 wants to keep his confession out of trial. His lawyers argue he had an “existing” mental condition and was in a psychotic state. Prosecution argues he understood all the questions and led the discussion during the interrogation.

A judge Tuesday sentenced Alfred Younes, 49, to five years in prison for helping his son, Ali Younes, 20, avoid prosecution for robbery and trying to kill a woman last year on the UI campus and escape to Jordan. His wife also was sentenced to five years for helping their son.