Several recent shootings in Cedar Rapids have highlighted the prevalence of illegal guns in the city. Data shows an increase in arrests of people with previous felony convictions who own firearms.
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Several recent shootings in Cedar Rapids have highlighted the prevalence of illegal guns in the city. Data shows an increase in arrests of people with previous felony convictions who own firearms.
DES MOINES — A 41-year-old central Iowa man was arrested Wednesday on federal charges accusing him to taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building.
Anthony Sivanthaphanith, 37, is accused of using the funds on personal transactions, which were not authorized.
The man was arrested on charges that he threatened his wife with a gun during an argument and fired two shots inside their house with two children present.
An Iowa City man was booked into Johnson County Jail early Wednesday, accused of entering the Lone Tree home of a woman he had lived with and beating her with a metal pole.
A Cedar Rapids man, who has a lengthy history of eluding police in three counties and convictions for driving while barred, has been charged again with eluding police after backing up his car at a police officer and nearly hitting her.
A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested in relation to a drive-by shooting that occurred Saturday in the 100 block of 14th Street NW.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a shooting that happened Friday night in the 2100 block of Bowling Street SW.
A northeast Iowa family sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay thousands in restitution for crop loan scheme where they double pledged crop proceeds for repayment. They never repaid the laons and one member made false statements during a bankruptcy hearing.
Police responding early Saturday to reports of gunfire found a person who had been shot and suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
Michael Lang, 42, is scheduled to stand trial May 9.
Laura Palumbo was stabbed 16 times by her boyfriend in 1995, but she was determined not to be a victim. She is a survivor, who changed her career path to help others deal with trauma.
Cedar Rapids man, already charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend and seriously injuring one man, was formally charged Thursday with 10 new charges involving five other victims.
A psychologist testifying for the defense said Jeremy Goodale, one of the teens accused of killing a Fairfield teacher, could have successful rehab in juvenile court. A juvenile court officer said there is no treatment program for homicide defendants.
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