Judge denies new lawyer for Logan Isaac, 30, charged with kidnapping, sex assault after he doesn’t show up for hearing. Isaac also faces assault charges for resisting and punching police officers.
Trish Mehaffey Crime & Courts Jan. 12, 2022 12:00 pm1431d ago
Judge denies new lawyer for Logan Isaac, 30, charged with kidnapping, sex assault after he doesn’t show up for hearing. Isaac also faces assault charges for resisting and punching police officers.
The Gazette Crime & Courts Jan. 9, 2022 12:52 pm1434d ago
The Iowa Department of Corrections said the assault happened Friday evening at the Iowa State Penitentiary.
Crime & Courts Jan. 7, 2022 8:17 pm1436d ago
Reginald Little, 46, who killed a 21-year-old man during a 2020 drug robbery, was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
Crime & Courts Jan. 7, 2022 8:18 pm1436d ago
Cedar Rapids man who broke into a man’s home and smashed his father’s cremated ashes was sentenced to five years in prison.
Crime & Courts Jan. 7, 2022 7:32 am1436d ago
The trial for Roy Carl Browning Jr., 69, who is charged with fatally stabbing his wife in 2019, has been reset for the sixth time to July 12. A crucial witness couldn’t make it to the trial scheduled in February.
Crime & Courts Jan. 6, 2022 4:06 pm1437d ago
A Cedar Rapids man convicted for unintentionally shooting an 18-year-old woman in 2020, now faces another 10 years for federal gun crime.
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2022 8:39 pm1438d ago
A former Cedar Rapids nurse pleaded guilty to tampering with vials of opioids and stealing them for her own use. She punctured the vials and refilled them with a clear liquid to conceal her crime.
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2022 6:10 pm1438d ago
A Pottawattamie County man convicted of illegally selling testosterone and other drugs for race dogs. He faces up to 15 years in federal prison and will forfeit more than $500,000 in profits.
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2022 1:22 pm1438d ago
An Iowa man and his Minnesota son pleaded guilty to a charge of civil disorder in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, admitting that the entered the building through a broken window and pushed through a police line once inside.
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2022 10:01 am1438d ago
First Assistant Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks was appointed as county attorney Tuesday by the board of supervisors. He will fill the vacancy left by Jerry Vander Sanden who retired early at the end of last month. Maybanks will likely run for the elected position.
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2022 4:20 pm1438d ago
Former president and the finance director of defunct “Newbo Evolve“ festival face bank fraud charges. If convicted, each face up to 30 years in federal prison.
Crime & Courts Jan. 4, 2022 3:16 pm1439d ago
Carter Wolf, 24, is accused of firing his gun through his closed bedroom door at least 6 or 7 times in the direction of his landlord, who was at the residence to fix a plumbing issue.
Crime & Courts Jan. 3, 2022 8:04 pm1440d ago
Iowa City police arrested a 16- and 17-year-old Monday in an alleged armed robbery at GreenState Credit Union that happened on the city’s west side last month.
Crime & Courts Jan. 3, 2022 12:41 pm1440d ago
David X. Henry, 33, allegedly sold drugs to a confidential police informant during a controlled buy in October 2020 and January 2021.
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