Chicago man charged with shooting deputy after robbing Coggon convenience story asks court to move trial because of pretrial publicity and sever a charge to avoid prejudice because he is a felon.
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Chicago man charged with shooting deputy after robbing Coggon convenience story asks court to move trial because of pretrial publicity and sever a charge to avoid prejudice because he is a felon.
Trial reset to April 5, 2022, for Alexander Ken Jackson, a 21-year-old University of Iowa student charged with fatally shooting his parents and sister at their northeast Cedar Rapids home in June 2021.
Both of the judges recently appointed to the bench in Eastern Iowa grew up in rural counties and have experience as prosecutors.
An 84-year-old Illinois man serving a life sentence for killing an Independence police Officer Harold Pearce in 1956 died this week due to natural causes at the Iowa State Penitentiary.
Drew Blahnik’s sentencing is set for Dec. 17. He faces up to 57 years in prison.
Former chairman allegedly spent more than $10,000 on several streaming services at his residence, grocery and alcohol purchases, and making ATM cash withdrawals.
Fifteen months after a University of Iowa student reported she was sexually assaulted by two fraternity brothers, who then shared video and pictures of the attack, Iowa City police have arrested one of the accused men, Carson Douglas Steffen, on a harassment charge.
Willard Chaiden Miller, one of the 16-year-olds charged with killing Fairfield High Spanish teacher Nohema Graber, wants his case moved to juvenile court. Prosecution argues because he is 16 and charged with murder, it’s excluded from juvenile jurisdiction.
He pleads to fraud charge, will be sentenced in April
IOWA FALLS (AP) — A man stopped by police Wednesday morning for reportedly stalking a woman he used to date was fatally shot by officers when he displayed a gun and tried to flee the stop, according to police.
A Cedar Rapids man, just before he was to be retried for fatally shooting Andrew Meeks in 2017, pleaded to lesser charges and was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison.
Sixth Judicial District Judge Mary Chicchelly was appointed to the Iowa Court of Appeals after being a finalist for the fifth time.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Masks will continue to be required in Iowa courtrooms and some proceedings may continue to be held via teleconference under orders issued Monday by the Iowa Supreme Court chief justice.
Jones faces 10 charges including intimidation with a dangerous weapon, possession of a weapon by a felon, and possession of a controlled substance, as well as six counts of child endangerment, according to Iowa City police.
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