The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a Manchester man’s murder conviction of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko, who was fatally stabbed in her car parked outside Westdale Mall in 1979. The court ruled Jerry Burns voluntarily left his DNA on a drinking straw police found in the trash of a restaurant. No warrant was needed.
A shooting that resulted in the deaths of two women in rural Springville in February was a murder-suicide, according to a Thursday news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
A former Iowa City oral surgeon who extracted fentanyl from office vials in 2019 was sentenced this week to two years in federal prison. His license was indefinitely suspended in 2019.
Employers, helping agencies will be at April 6 in Cedar Rapids event
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on charges related to a shooting March 21 in the 1500 block of Oakland Rd. NE in Cedar Rapids.
A Cedar Rapids man arrested Wednesday on murder charges started a verbal fight with the victim and punched him before fatally shooting him at a Marion bar earlier this month, according to a criminal complaint.
Unions representing Cedar Rapids law enforcement officials shared with City Manager Jeff Pomeranz that they oppose having a civilian police department head as the city assesses whether Chief Wayne Jerman aged out of being a certified officer when he turned 66.
An Illinois man, who is accused of fatal crash in 2021, wants to court to toss out his blood tests that show he was intoxicated and had illegal drugs in his system at the time of crash. Accused is also charged with murder in Illinois.
A man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of first-degree murder in relation to a fatal shooting at a Marion bar on St. Patrick’s Day, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.
Jeremy Goodale, 17, has agreed to testify against Willard Noble Chaiden Miller, 17, during Miller's upcoming trial, Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding said during a court hearing in Fairfield.
Two people have been arrested in relation to a shots fired incident that happened in rural Johnson County in November, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
Technological advancements can have far reaching effects in every area of life, including public safety and law enforcement. Drones, or unmanned aircraft systems, for example, have become increasingly popular among police departments and fire departments in the last few years, and serve a variety of purposes.
Police said the shooter appeared to be in her teens and was armed with two assault-type rifles and a pistol.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Saturday, accused of sexually abusing a child several times over multiple years.
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