One person was found dead after a several-hour standoff with police Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids.
Emily Andersen Crime & Courts May. 18, 2022 12:44 pm1358d ago
One person was found dead after a several-hour standoff with police Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids.
Trish Mehaffey Crime & Courts May. 18, 2022 10:06 am1358d ago
The Cedar Rapids man was charged with two fatal shootings from January that happened within 24 hours of the other. The suspect was arrested in Davenport by U.S. Marshals task force and other law enforcement.
Crime & Courts May. 17, 2022 12:49 pm1359d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who illegally purchased firearms while being a drug user was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison
By Jeff Reinitz - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Crime & Courts May. 16, 2022 5:56 pm1360d ago
A Hamilton County jury on Monday afternoon found a Grundy Center man guilty of first-degree murder for killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith during a standoff at his home in 2021.
Crime & Courts May. 16, 2022 1:55 pm1360d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was accused of assaulting and threatening to shoot a woman and her child. Authorities said he pointed a gun at the 8-year-old, saying he was going to “finish him off.”
State Government May. 16, 2022 6:04 pm1360d ago
2 of 3 judges on the panel said the injunction is moot because COVID-19 transmission rates have lowered
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Crime & Courts May. 15, 2022 1:52 pm1361d ago
According to the news release, the man had been in the jail since April 29 and was checked on by staff 52 minutes earlier.
Gazette staff
Crime & Courts May. 15, 2022 8:55 am1361d ago
One man was killed and another arrested on a murder charge in a Friday night shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids, authorities said.
Crime & Courts May. 13, 2022 8:22 pm1363d ago
Johnnie Osborne was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and causing the death of her unborn child on May 1, 2020. Family members called him a “monster” for taking their 25-year-old daughter, sister and friend from them.
By Clark Kauffman - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Crime & Courts May. 13, 2022 2:12 pm1363d ago
The biggest of the cases is against Flirts, a Waterloo club. In that case, 16 professional models allege they have never appeared at the club but their photos are used in online ads.
Crime & Courts May. 12, 2022 3:34 pm1364d ago
A Marion woman was arrested Thursday on a charge that she stole more than $10,000 in cash deposits from a Cedar Rapids Casey’s while she worked there.
By Jeff Reinitz - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
Crime & Courts May. 12, 2022 3:17 pm1364d ago
Testimony ended Thursday in the trial of the Grundy Center man accused of shooting and killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith in 2021, with the defense not calling any of its own witnesses.
Crime & Courts May. 12, 2022 3:00 pm1364d ago
The second Fairfield teen accused of killing a high school Spanish teacher will stay in adult court, judge rules Thursday. The judge cited a lack of time in juvenile system for rehab.
Crime & Courts May. 12, 2022 2:35 pm1364d ago
The statewide training is an annual event started in 2017 but postponed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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