Follow Gazette Reporter Trish Mehaffey’s live coverage of the trial Tuesday.
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Follow Gazette Reporter Trish Mehaffey’s live coverage of the trial Tuesday.
The owner of Pints Bar in Iowa City was arrested early Sunday morning on charges that he served alcohol to three employees, who are minors.
The mother of Xavior Harrelson was arrested in October in Des Moines on charges that she sold methamphetamine to an undercover law enforcement officer.
Walker, 29, of Coralville, is accused of killing Michael Valentine on April 10 inside the Taboo Nightclub & Lounge in Cedar Rapids.
A prosecutor, during her opening statement Monday, said Dimione Walker was watching and staring at Michael Valentine as soon as he arrived at the Taboo night club April 10. Walker then seemed to walk away, but instead, spun around and started firing at Valentine.
Two women arrested this week in the murder of Cordal Lewis in January, was the result of an ongoing investigation after the shooter was charged. Surveillance video led to the additional arrests in the case.
Two women were arrested Wednesday in relation to a homicide that happened in January in Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force.
Opening statements will be Monday in the murder trial of Dimione Walker, who is accused of fatally shooting a man in April inside the Taboo Nightclub & Lounge in Cedar Rapids.
A 16-year-old has been arrested in relation to the shooting near Mount Mercy University and Regis Middle School last week that injured a Mount Mercy student.
The four Iowa appellate and 61 district and associate district judges received enough votes in Tuesday’s retention election to remain on the bench. All the judges received above 60 percent of “yes” votes.
Cedar Rapids police were called to Mount Mercy University at 4:20 a.m. Wednesday about a person inside Andreas House -- a student residence building -- who may have been armed.
An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist was being held in an Iowa jail Wednesday and could face a prison term after she walked away from a Des Moines women’s shelter where she was serving probation for a manslaughter conviction.
A Cedar Rapids man faces 10 years and possibly more for hauling over 100 pounds of ice meth from California to Iowa for distribution. He was nabbed after DEA agents set up a wiretap investigation.
Jury selection started today for a Coralville man accused of fatally shooting a Cedar Rapids man in April inside the Taboo club. Jury selection may take longer because there may be many familiar with the case or knew people at the club that night.
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