He and his wife face up to 5 years in prison.
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He and his wife face up to 5 years in prison.
A Johnson County magistrate ruled a North Liberty teen driving a sports utility vehicle who hit a jogger in a marked Iowa City crosswalk is guilty of failure to yield to a pedestrian, a simple misdemeanor. The teen faces a fine up to $1,000, a driver's license suspension of up to 180 days or both, according to police.
A 17-year-old from Coralville has been charged with sexual abuse after an Iowa City police officer reportedly witnessed him performing a sexual act in a car with a 13-year-old.
Advocates say tracking systems — like the one implemented in Iowa in 2020 — can empower survivors and enhance transparency in the criminal justice system.
A Cedar Rapids man, who sent threatening FB messages to a federal prosecutor and fired flares at the federal courthouse, was sentenced this week to over 6 years in prison.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has sued C6-Zero for $1.5 million the state paid toward environmental cleanup and equipment replacement after a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo.
A Linn County jury found a Cedar Rapids man guilty of 13 charges for pointing, and aiming a shotgun at two police officers in July 2022. He faces up to 83 years in prison.
A Hiawatha man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for charges stemming from him shooting at his ex-girlfriend’s SUV, in which their 5-year-old son was a passenger. The woman says the multiple bullets “narrowly missed us both.”
A Cedar Rapids man who led police on a high speed chase and then pointed a shotgun at two officers last year revealed details of the night that he told police he couldn’t remember. He also told a jury that his plan was to have police kill him.
A Palo man arrested this weekend after an 8-year-old boy was found with serious burns at a Palo park is also facing a previous assault charge after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend in June.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Christopher Maas, of Palo. he is accused of pushing a juvenile into a fire pit, causing severe burns to his head and shoulders.
A man on trial this week for pointing a shotgun at officers and discharging the gun, told an investigator he had no memory of leading them on high speed chase or being shot.
Antonio Juarez-Luna, 15, is accused of shooting a 17-year-old he was playing basketball with at Hanna Park on Aug. 5.
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