An Iowa City man was arrested Thursday for committing burglary at an Iowa City residence and then trying to break into other apartments nearby.
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An Iowa City man was arrested Thursday for committing burglary at an Iowa City residence and then trying to break into other apartments nearby.
Robin Alejandro Castillo Fuentes of Coralville was sentenced to five years in prison for molesting a 12-year-old for over a year. The child and her mother gave statements during the sentencing.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday after allegedly robbing Smokin’ Joe’s and intentionally running into a clerk as he sped away from the tobacco and liquor store in a vehicle.
Stanley L. Donahue, accused of robbing the Casey’s in Coggon and shooting a Linn County deputy 10 times, won’t have his trial moved outside the county
After a 30-minute conversation about work, when the woman turned to exit, Shannon Siems reached out and flicked her breast, the complaint stated. She then yelled at him and tried to walk out but he grabbed her from behind in a bear hug and tried to spin her "onto a nearby dirty futon."
Cedar Rapids police still were searching for a suspect Saturday after an officer was hit by a vehicle during an attempted traffic stop Friday night on 32nd Street NE.
Chris Bagley’s father refused to say Drew Blahnik’s name during Blahnik’s sentencing Friday. Blahnik, 34, was sentenced to 57 years in prison.
The incident occurred on a day that an anonymous, nationwide threat against schools called Friday “American School Shooting Day.”
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday for arson after police say he threatened to burn down a woman’s house in the 1100 block of Crestview Drive SE.
Jeremy Everett Goodale, the second of two 16-year-olds charged in the killing of Fairfield High School Spanish teacher Nohema Graber, wants his case moved to juvenile court. The prosecution has not yet filed a resistance to his request.
All legal proceedings in the case against a Cedar Rapids teenager accused of stabbing his parents to death in their home in October have been suspending so state psychiatric doctors can determine whether he’s suffering from a mental disorder.
Philip Olson, 69, is accused of violating a city code that prohibits discharging an air rifle within city limits. During the Oct. 17 incident, Olson shot an air rifle at a squirrel but missed, inadvertently shooting and wounding a Marine who was driving by at the time, police say.
Iowa City police conducted alcohol sales law compliance checks at 33 businesses on Saturday. Nine businesses failed the check.
A Mount Pleasant woman faces drug-related charges after Iowa City police say an investigation determined she “is involved in the sale of narcotics with a co-conspirator in the Coralville/Iowa City area.”
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