The Marion man had just talked to a police investigator before witnesses said he intentionally drove into westbound traffic, crashing into vehicle driven by a pregnant woman, court records show. Her serious injuries included the premature termination of her pregnancy.
A motorcyclist who was injured in a crash last week faces of a charge of making falsified reports after police say he incorrectly claimed he was run off the road by another vehicle, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Members of the Cedar Rapids Police and Fire departments pulled a man to safety from the Third Avenue Bridge Friday. They had been speaking with the despondent man before he moved to a position where he was hanging from a ledge on the bridge.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is asking witnesses to come forward about a crash that happened Wednesday in northwest Cedar Rapids.
The mother of Myron Snyder Jr., 21, said her grief is “just as bad” as the night her son was fatally shot while making a DoorDash delivery on Oct. 5, 2023. She said “not everything happens for a reason” because this was a “senseless, horrific and life-changing crime.”
The proposal, which would abolish a board formed in Cedar Rapids after Black Lives Matter protests, needs only Gov. Kim Reynolds’ signature to become law.
A 49-year-old Grimes man was sentenced to 50 years in prison, which is life sentence based on his age, for trying to kill 3 Cedar Rapids police officers in February during a standoff.
The Linn County Attorney’s Office ruled Monday that the use of deadly force by two Cedar Rapids police officers in February — during an exchange of gunfire during an 11-hour standoff — was justified. No one was injured in the shooting.
Iowa is one of 31 states in the U.S. that requires vehicles to have two license plates displayed while driving — one on the front and one on the back of the car — with very few exceptions.
A Grimes man faces what will be a life sentence for trying to kill three Cedar Rapids police officers during a standoff at The Chelsea Apartments in February. He pleaded to 3 charges of attempted murder and faces 50 years, which is mandatory because the victims were officers.
Three brothers have been charged with involuntary manslaughter. They’re accused of tying down their 18-year-old brother who died. They said he had a schizophrenic episode and was acting out, threatening to harm his family and himself.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Thursday on charges that she shot a gun at the ground multiple times in order to intimidate people around her.
A man was arrested Wednesday in Las Vegas on Linn County charges of first-degree murder and nonconsensual termination of pregnancy, three weeks after a woman was found dead in Cedar Rapids.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department recently finished installing 70 stationary license plate reader cameras, which scan license plates and run them through national crime databases to search for missing person alerts, stolen vehicle reports, and arrest warrants.
A Cedar Rapids police officer disciplined after refusing to have his picture taken for a photo display at headquarters appealed his case against the city up to the Iowa Supreme Court — and lost when justices said Friday his rights weren’t violated.
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