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Judges retain discretion in courtrooms
A Cedar Rapids man has been arrested and accused in the July 2021 shooting death of 15-year-old Tyliyah L. Whitis in Cedar Rapids.
A Montana man, previously charged in state court, has been charged in federal court in derecho repair scam and will plead guilty to mail fraud.
Six people were injured at a shooting that broke out at a birthday party in October. Police have suspects, but have yet to press any charges.
A Cedar Rapids man arrested Tuesday on an attempted murder charge told police that he wasn’t the man who fired a gun during a home burglary Sunday, according to court documents.
A Linn County jail inmate who escaped from a routine medical transport Tuesday has been formally charged with escape, three counts of third-degree kidnapping and several other charges.
Tyler Jacob Summers of West Des Moines is facing assault and harassment charges after allegedly threatening health care workers at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and threatening to blow up the facility, according to a criminal complaint.
Cedar Rapids inmate escapes sheriff’s medical transport Tuesday, assaults deputy, steals SUV and leads authorities on a short chase before being arrested.
Police arrest man in Sunday’s home invasion, where another man was shot in the leg. He faces attempted murder, first-degree burglary and other charges.
A Marion father was charged with killing his 19-day-old infant last April. He told police he dropped the baby onto the floor more than once and slammed the child into its crib, causing his head to hit the crib railing.
Angela Beik of Marion was convicted of sexual exploitation by a school employee in 2019 and was ordered to serve a 180-day jail sentence, pay a $625 fine and register as a sex offender.
Two teens charged with killing a Fairfield High Spanish teacher want hearings to request moving their cases to juvenile court to be delayed until March.
A 22-year-old Marion father was arrested after the death of his infant, who died of head injuries and the autopsy determined it was a homicide. The father told police he became “flustered and irritated” with the baby.
A mother said she is “absolutely relieved” the parole board rescinded it’s decision to give early release to the man who fatally shot her son on the Ped Mall in Iowa City in 2017, but it’s “tiring to be a victim of crime because you are always having to fight.” She dreads the next parole hearing.
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