Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her.
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Donations are pouring in to help a 17-year-old sex trafficking victim who was ordered by a court to pay $150,000 to the family of a man she stabbed to death after he raped her.
A former Cedar Rapids man who fled the country over 7 years ago was convicted this week for distributing synthetic marijuana from a smoke shop.
Mother of Marion man on trial for murder says she suspected he killed his girlfriend and concealed it in a roll of carpet after seeing it on a trailer in her driveway.
The group filed the brief as Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking the courts to lift an injunction on a so-called fetal heartbeat law
A 49-year-old Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday on charges that he offered to pay a 14-year-old for sex at a Marion park.
A teenage human trafficking victim who was initially charged with first-degree murder after she stabbed her accused rapist to death was sentenced Tuesday in an Iowa court to five years of closely supervised probation and ordered to pay $150,000 restitution to the man’s family.
Prosecutor says a Marion woman was killed in “vicious attack and calculated cover-up” by her ex-boyfriend. He stabbed her 26 times and then concealed her body in a roll of carpet in 2017. This is his second murder trial. His conviction in 2018 was overturned.
A Cedar Rapids man arrested Monday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter shot a man on April 25 intending to hit him in the leg, according to a criminal complaint filed in Linn County Court Tuesday.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Monday on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in connection with an April fatal shooting that happened on April 25.
A Cedar Rapids man who’s accused of trying to kill his wife is competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Monday. The court proceedings had been suspended since last year.
The policy ensures public schools are “safe” for all students and protects students from harassment and bullying on the basis of gender identity. It is being challenged in a lawsuit brought by a national parental advocacy group.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Saturday on charges that he broke into a house and attempted to kill a man who his ex-girlfriend was in bed with.
Reports increasing as hotel employees, others, learn what to look for
It was the second shooting in as many days for the city.
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