The Iowa City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance with an investigation into an apparent arson Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the police department.
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The Iowa City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance with an investigation into an apparent arson Wednesday morning, according to a news release from the police department.
A Cedar Rapids man was extradited from Indiana and charged with fatally shooting a man outside Poppa n Tommyz on June 11. Witnesses said the shooter fired multiple times, at close range, as he walked by the victim.
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a stabbing Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the department.
Matthew Jason Manos, 39, also is charged with sexually abusing an adult woman.
Coach Fran McCaffery’s son is asking the court to waive his appearance at his bench trial for a traffic violation that resulted in the death of an Iowa National Guard soldier.
The murder trial for Duval Walker, accused of starting a fight with and punching another man before shooting him in a Marion bar, will not start this week as originally scheduled. A motion to continue the trial was granted in a hearing Monday.
Cedar Rapids Police and Fire recovered the body of a dead man from the Cedar River Sunday afternoon.
Leo Christopher Kelly, 37, of Cedar Rapids, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 30 months in prison on seven offenses, including obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, and six misdemeanors.
Warning tickets to be issued for first 30 days
A Cedar Rapids teen, who pleaded guilty in February to charges related to a shooting in November that injured a Mount Mercy cross-country runner, was arrested this week on weapons charges.
Bradley Jon Matheny, convicted in 2021 of forging postage meter stamps for his home eBay business, has been banned from exporting products for seven years.
Seven thefts have been reported this month at a storage facility on the outskirts of Iowa City, and renters claim the company has been negligent in protecting their property.
“Bentley was a strange man, acting lustfully,” the lawsuit alleges, asserting that Bentley “kept asking if he could see Wright’s boobs.”
A judge ordered prosecutors to provide any records and recordings involving Devonna Walker using a racial slur to the Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally stabbing her last year. Defense says it’s relevant to the defense of Shane Teslik, who is accused of manslaughter.
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