Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Police Department

A Cedar Rapids man is accused of driving his car toward a police officer who fired his gun at the car. Investigators identified the suspect through video and other evidence found during the investigation, according to police.

A former Cedar Rapids man faces attempted murder charges after a June 25 shooting that injured another man. An argument over a woman led to the incident, police said.

Cedar Rapids Reserve Officer Scott Fruehling, who has been employed with the agency since September 1994, will not perform any police duties while the officer-involved shooting is being investigated, according to a news release.

Cedar Rapids police continue to refuse to share details about an officer-involved shooting Friday that started with an attempted traffic stop and ended with a suspect hitting an officer with a vehicle, prompting the agent to fire.

Cedar Rapids police still were searching for a suspect Saturday after an officer was hit by a vehicle during an attempted traffic stop Friday night on 32nd Street NE.

At Cedar Rapids school board meeting, school resource officer says officers are diverting more charges by requiring students to write an essay or sign up for counseling.

All legal proceedings in the case against a Cedar Rapids teenager accused of stabbing his parents to death in their home in October have been suspending so state psychiatric doctors can determine whether he’s suffering from a mental disorder.

Ethan Alexander Orton, the 17-year-old Cedar Rapids resident accused of killing both his parents on Oct. 14, has entered not guilty pleas to two counts of first-degree murder.

His family is waiting on answers about what happened after Mmengwa Asukulu’s body was found at a construction site.

Authorities said that at 8:42 a.m., workers in the area of 64th Avenue and Edgewood Road SW contacted dispatchers to report a person down.

A judge has upheld the firing of former Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Lucas Jones, saying the termination was supported by evidence of dishonesty and violation of departmental policies.

Nathan Goad, 37, is accused of stealing items worth more than $10,000 and selling them at a pawn shop.

After Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman complained witnesses were not talking about the Oct. 1 shooting, police now have spoken with several victims, including a 13-year-old boy who was injured, and witnesses.

A teenager stabbed his father to death — and used an ax to kill his mother — in their northeast Cedar Rapids home in order to “take charge of his life,” authorities said Thursday.

Both the Cedar Rapids school board and City Council have now signed off on changes to the school resource officer program in an effort to reduce arrests and racial disparities.