Overtis Roberts Jr., 44, is accused of slashing a man was in the 200 block of Third Street SE on Aug. 18.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Overtis Roberts Jr., 44, is accused of slashing a man was in the 200 block of Third Street SE on Aug. 18.
David Costello, 26, is accused of igniting a propane torch head near a natural gas supply line he had opened. A Monticello police officer and a deputy were “consumed in a flash fire” from the resulting explosion.
Iowa City man who sexually assaulted two girls, ages 9 and 12, in 2019 was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He cursed at the judge and threatened the girls’ mother during the hearing.
Police say over $3,500 in tools and welding equipment was stolen.
She meant to get her cheating boyfriend, but killed a mom and son instead, a jury finds.
Cedar Rapids police say the man stole over $10,000 worth of copper from the abandoned Colonial Centre building.
A Hills man faces charges including second-degree fraud based on allegations he turned back the odometers on 14 vehicles before reselling them for a profit between January and July.
A 56-year-old Iowa City man is facing misdemeanor assault charges after authorities and University of Iowa officials say he hit two campus employees “in the back of the head, with no justification” on Monday morning.
A former Four Oaks counselor sentenced for sex abuse of 14-year-old boy will also be on the sex offender registry for 10 years and serve a lifetime sentence on parole.
A driver accused of being drunk when he crashed into and seriously injured a West Des Moines police officer last year has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Ethan Alexander Orton, the 17-year-old Cedar Rapids resident accused of killing both his parents on Oct. 14, has entered not guilty pleas to two counts of first-degree murder.
Two southeast Iowa teenagers charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of their high school Spanish teacher pleaded not guilty in arraignment documents filed Monday.
Police had responded to a call for a disturbance on the evening of Nov. 27, and found the victim had sustained bruises, broken ribs and a punctured lung. The individual had to receive emergency medical care and be hospitalized, according to a criminal complaint.
The report found low levels of disproportionality in citations, but a higher level of disproportionality in arrests. People of color were arrested twice as often following a traffic stop.
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