Cedar Rapids man convicted in Malik Sheets fatal shooting in 2020 pleaded Tuesday to gun charge in federal court. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
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Cedar Rapids man convicted in Malik Sheets fatal shooting in 2020 pleaded Tuesday to gun charge in federal court. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
A serial sexual abuse convict from Cedar Rapids, who in 2021 was sentenced to 12 years in prison after convictions in two sexual abuse cases, has now been charged with sexually assaulting a child back in 2014.
Iowa City Police are investigating a shooting just before 3 a.m. Sunday in which four people were injured in the 600 block of E. Court St.
Shots fire incidents skyrocketed in 2020 around the country, but those numbers have been dropping in Cedar Rapids in Iowa City and are now lower than pre-pandemic numbers in both cities. City and county officials say it could be a result of the violence intervention programs that have been active in both cities for the last few years, although it’s difficult to know exactly what causes the changes in statistics.
A newly created position for a prosecutor with the Linn County Attorney’s Office will focus on lower level felony crimes - where offenders have the best chance for a resolution without prison time. The position will also help lower caseloads for others prosecuting violent crimes.
A Cedar Rapids woman was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing boyfriend last year. Judge orders her to serve two years of a mandatory minimum, instead of the possible 10, before being eligible for parole.
A judge denied moving a Woodbury County teen’s Iowa City robbery and assault case to juvenile court based on the “extremely egregious and violent” offenses and his past multiple delinquencies in juvenile court. He is accused of attacking a stranger in Mercer Park and robbing him of money.
A Manchester woman is facing multiple charges related to a money laundering scheme that police say she was involved in, along with suspects in several other states, that resulted in the loss of more than $1 million.
Two people were arrested Friday on charges they broke into a garage in Cedar Rapids and stole an all-terrain vehicle and multiple power tools, totaling more than $10,000 worth of property.
A 3-week-old baby and 6-year-old child were found “crying and sweating profusely” in a locked car on Monday at the Walmart on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids. The temperature inside the car was 100 degrees. The driver and mother of the 3 week old was charged with child endangerment.
Cedar Rapids woman received 4 year probation for abandoning stepchildren, an 8-year-old and 6-year-old, on Tower Terrace Road, near I-380, in June 2024. She also was sentenced for falsely reporting their father shot her in the stomach about two months later.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report Thursday that a person was being held at gunpoint, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.
A former employee of St. Matthew Catholic School was arrested Wednesday on a charge of indecent contact with a child.
A Woodbury County 17-year-old asked a judge to move his assault and robbery case from adult court back into juvenile court. He is accused of assaulting and robbing an Iowa City man at Mercer Park in June. His three co-defendants, all 16-years-old, remain in juvenile court.
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