A judge ruled this week to move a 16-year-old out of juvenile detention because there’s not enough space and staff to keep him and three other teens, charged in fatal shooting of 16-year-old Michael McCune, separate pending their trials.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week on charges that he sexually abused a 3- or 4-year-old child multiple times between January and April of this year.
Newly appointed 6th Judicial District judge has wide breadth“ of experience as a state and federal prosecutor in California and Iowa.
Two Cedar Rapids men were arrested Tuesday and accused of beating a man and stabbing him 10 times.
A U.S. Marshals task force rounded up 37 fugitives and seized numerous guns and drugs during a 60-day operation. Most of the fugitives arrested are from Cedar Rapids and Linn County area.
Linn County Sheriff Brian Gardner was honored last week by the Iowa Police Chiefs Association with the Law Enforcement Executive of the Year Award for 2022.
Iowa’s Republican politicians call it a win for farmers, but environmental groups raise alarms about water quality and flooding.
Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said Timothy Rush “recklessly” fired his gun into the crowd at Taboo last year as a reaction to Dimione Walker firing multiple fatal shots at Michael Valentine on April 10, 2022.
A Coralville man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, after a gun he had brought to the bar was used in a fatal shooting outside the H-Bar in October, according to the Iowa City Police Department.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week on charges that he shot several times into a house on Saturday.
Lawsuits are kept ‘often for days or over a week’ at the court before being made public, the claim says.
An assistant director of Linn County Juvenile Detention Center says they can’t provide educational and other services to five juveniles who had no contact orders in place because they are involved in same fatal shooting.
Families of two people who were fatally shot at Taboo Nightclub and Lounge last year were upset with a plea agreement and only a 30-year prison sentence for Timothy Rush. Some family members said Rush shot Nicole Owens and Marvin Cox over jealousy.
Joshua Venckus alleged the case was pursued against him although he had what he described as an airtight alibi.
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