Judge rules in favor of man who sent “derogatory” message to prosecutor and dismisses harassment charge. Judge says it’s protected speech.
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Judge rules in favor of man who sent “derogatory” message to prosecutor and dismisses harassment charge. Judge says it’s protected speech.
Cedar Rapids Police are investigating a report that an Ingredion union worker was hit by a car while picketing Tuesday morning.
An insurance agent is accused of forging clients’ checks and depositing them in his personal account. If convicted, he faces up to 17 years in prison.
The San Francisco Police Department said it does not have pre-armed robots and has no plans to arm robots with guns. But the department could deploy robots equipped with explosive charges “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspect” when lives are at stake, SFPD spokesperson Allison Maxie said in a statement.
An Nebraska man was arrested in Iowa City last week on charges that he threatened a man with a gun and punched him inside his vehicle.
Prosecutors dismiss voluntary manslaughter charge against Cedar Rapids man who fatally shot another in his home during a fight. Iowa’s “Stand your ground” law was determining factor.
His lawyer argues he can’t be penalized for criticizing prosecutor’s job performance
The Kirkwood Regional Center in Coralville went into lockdown for about 10 minutes Monday morning after reports of an armed robbery in the area, according to an alert sent to Kirkwood students Monday.
An Iowa City doctor says her clinic was ‘forced“ into bankruptcy because of the ‘aggressive actions’ of lawyers representing an infant’s parents who sued the clinic and a hospital for negligence.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will use the $1.7 million it was rewarded in the second round of ARPA funding to add 12-14 medical isolation cells to the Linn County Jail, which should help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the jail.
Prosecutors say felony gun crimes have tripled since 2019 in Linn and Johnson counties. They believe the jump is the result of relax gun laws and because some individuals are choosing to resolve their differences with violence.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he sexually abused three children over a period of several years.
A jury has returned a $27 million verdict against UnityPoint Clinic Family Medicine in Des Moines after a man with bacterial meningitis was misdiagnosed with the flu, suffered strokes and said he has been permanently injured.
A Swisher man charged with driving his pickup through protesters in downtown Cedar Rapids in June wants his trial moved out of Linn County because of extensive pretrial publicity.
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