The two are accused in the killing of Mohamed Tawfik on Jan. 8 in Cedar Rapids.
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The two are accused in the killing of Mohamed Tawfik on Jan. 8 in Cedar Rapids.
A Linn County jury finds a Cedar Rapids man guilty of a lesser charge, voluntary manslaughter, for beating 22-year-old woman with a metal rod. Prosecutor says this was a ‘brutal and unjustified“ killing.
A second man has been arrested in relation to a fatal Cedar Rapids shooting in January, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Arthur Flowers, during a police interview, denied killing Emily Leonard on April 2, 2022. He says he was sound asleep in his bathtub — inches away from where Leonard’s body was found — but he didn’t hear or see anything.
Emily Leonard was struck multiple times in the head with a linear or rounded object -- possibly a metal rod, a state medical examiner testified Friday. The blows were made a different angles and she would have died shortly after being attacked.
DES MOINES (AP) — A man was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison for killing his neighbor during an argument over a lawn mower.
Prosecutor said Emily Leonard was beaten with a metal rod and left in an upstairs bathroom. Arthur Flowers of Cedar Rapids called 911, saying she had overdosed and he didn’t know what happened.
Cedar Rapids police are investigating a Wednesday night shooting that left one minor injured, according to authorities.
An Iowa physician claims in a lawsuit that she was fired from a public hospital by administrators who encouraged employees to vote for Donald Trump and discriminated against those who didn’t share their religious beliefs.
Judge sets sentencing dates in July and August for Fairfield teens convicted in beating death of Spanish teacher last year.
The Fairfield Police Department is investigating a train-related death that happened April 9, with the help of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office and the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
Two Fairfield teens in separate hearings Tuesday plead guilty to killing their Spanish teacher Nov. 2, 2021. One admitted they both struck Nohema Graber with a baseball bat, killing her. The other teen wouldn’t admit to striking the teacher, only planning the crime.
Willard “Chaiden” Miller and Jeremy Goodale, the teens charged with beating to death Nohema Graber, their Spanish teacher in Fairfield, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in separate hearings this morning.
A former treasurer and past president of Iowa City Pride pleaded to a lesser charge Monday for stealing over $35,000 from the organization in 2021. He is also required to pay the restitution to the group, as part of his plea agreement.
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