Articles Tagged: Burglary

A man fatally shot last week while breaking and entering had previously lived in the house he was breaking into, according to court documents.

Before an officer arrived, the resident armed himself with a gun and shot the intruder, who had gotten inside and confronted him.

A Mount Vernon man was arrested this weekend on charges that he locked a woman in her own home at knife point and attempted to sexually assault her.

An Nebraska man was arrested in Iowa City last week on charges that he threatened a man with a gun and punched him inside his vehicle.

Two 19-year-olds were arrested Wednesday on charges that they vandalized several cars, abuilding and street signs in Marion in July. The graffiti included “KKK,” “I am a Nazi” and swastika symbols, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department

A Wisconsin man was arrested Wednesday night after a robbery and burglary that led to a stand-off with police during which one officer fired a gun. One resident was treated for injuries caused during the incident.

A Solon man was arrested Thursday night on charges he tried to break into an Iowa City house and then assaulted a juvenile who tried to stop him.

Three people were arrested Sunday in Cedar Rapids on charges that they entered an apartment armed with a baseball bat with the intent to rob the people living there.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested on Friday on a charge of first-degree burglary.

Two armed Waterloo men are accused of pistol whipping a Marion man in order to steal his drugs. They repeatedly struck the man in the head, causing serious injury, police said.

Two Cedar Rapids men are facing charges for allegedly stealing $150,000 in gold and silver from the adoptive father of one of the men.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly breaking into another man’s residence and ambushing him to steal his wallet.

The Iowa City Police Department has responded to several vehicle burglaries in the past couple weeks. Police advise keeping doors locked and valuables out of sight.

An Iowa City man was sentenced last week to up to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting others in a drug and money robbery that led to the death of Kejuan Winters, 21, of Iowa City, on April 20, 2020.

A Linn County jail inmate who escaped from a routine medical transport Tuesday has been formally charged with escape, three counts of third-degree kidnapping and several other charges.