Seven people have died while incarcerated at the Linn County Correctional Center since the beginning of 2020.
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Seven people have died while incarcerated at the Linn County Correctional Center since the beginning of 2020.
A 9-year-old Cedar Falls boy was spared in an attack that killed his parents and younger sister early Friday as they camped at the Maquoketa Caves State Park in Eastern Iowa, according to the mayor of Cedar Falls.
Linn County jury convicts Cedar Rapids man on four counts of sexual assault. He assaulted a 15-year-old girl multiple times in 2019.
A federal judge on Friday declared a mistrial for a former state trooper who was charged with using unreasonable force causing injury against a Davenport motorcyclist in 2017. Jurors told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on a charge of attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed a woman, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
Anastasia Basquin, the county’s chief victim liasison, proposed that sexual assault defendants go before a magistrate before making bail, so a no-contact order could be issued protecting the victim.
A Cedar Rapids man posed as a police officer to get inside an older Coggon couple’s home and then robbed their safe by threatening them with a gun and assaulting them.
A former state trooper testified Wednesday that his use of force — drawing a gun and using a open palm strike — on a Davenport man in 2017 was reasonable because he had safety concerns after a high speed chase. A video of the stop showed to the jury showed the man was compliant after stopping, but the ex-trooper had a different perception of the incident.
Two people were arrested Tuesday on charges that they invited a man to their Iowa City residence to smoke marijuana and then robbed that person at gunpoint.
Testimony started Tuesday for a former Iowa State trooper who is accused of using unreasonable force on a motorcyclist during a 2017 traffic stop. Supervisors testified he didn’t follow policy about using force on a compliant motorist.
The trial for Jeremy Everett Goodale, one of two teens accused in the killing of a Fairfield High School Spanish teacher, will be moved from Jefferson County to Scott County.
A Hiawatha man was arrested Monday on several charges, including attempted murder, after police say he shot twice into the car of a woman he shares a 5-year-old son with. The woman and the boy, who were in the car at the time, were not injured.
A former lottery computer technician convicted in a scheme to rig computers to win jackpots for himself, friends and family has been paroled after serving more than five years in an Iowa prison.
An Iowa City man is facing a charge of arson after police say he set fire to a pile of abandoned property next to a homeless shelter.
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