A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to three years probation after firing multiple shots at another man during a fight last year. Originally charged with attempted murder, he pleaded to two gun-related charges.
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A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to three years probation after firing multiple shots at another man during a fight last year. Originally charged with attempted murder, he pleaded to two gun-related charges.
A retired University of Iowa music professor has been indicted in federal court on charges of distributing methamphetamine that resulted in a death and of possessing child pornography.
A judge won’t dismiss charges against a Chicago man accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old Iowa girl in 2015. The man argued the teen’s parents consented to their relationship, so he shouldn’t be charged.
Two officers shot twelve times at the man, who had pointed a gun at the officers and fired during a traffic stop.
A man who was arrested last week after barricading himself inside an Iowa church has been charged in an arrest warrant with killing his grandmother and great-grandmother in Omaha.
One of the Fairfield teens accused of killing a Spanish teacher last year is asking a judge to delay his Nov. 1 trial. His lawyer wants more time to complete pretrial work.
A 67-year-old Allamakee County man is charged with killing his roommate in May. Investigators say he strangled the 83-year-old roommate to death.
Cedar Rapids Police are asking for witnesses of the shooting to come forward, and they want anyone with security camera footage of the incident to reach out to investigators at 319-286-5491.
DES MOINES -- A Des Moines City Council member is countersuing two police officers who took the unusual step earlier this year of suing several people who participated in a 2020 protest following a Minneapolis officer's killing of
Timothy Rush, accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend at Taboo nightclub on April 10, is now facing an additional murder charge, after a man who was injured in the shooting died on July 24.
A Marion man was arrested Monday on charges of sexual abuse, felon in possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance.
A Burlington contractor accused of taking money from four Linn County homeowners for derecho repairs but never finishing the work has agreed to plead guilty to first-degree theft charges, according to Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks.
WATERLOO (AP) — A man who was shot and killed by Waterloo officers over the weekend was holding a realistic-looking pellet gun during the confrontation, police said Monday.
The Linn County Correctional Center has adjusted its agreement for housing federal inmates in order to address overtime for deputies working at the jail.
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