There are 21 pending murder cases in Linn, Johnson counties, mainly due to the pandemic. Prosecutors estimate it will take several years to reduce the entire backlog created in 2020 and this year.
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There are 21 pending murder cases in Linn, Johnson counties, mainly due to the pandemic. Prosecutors estimate it will take several years to reduce the entire backlog created in 2020 and this year.
Kennis R. Petties, 30, was driving a car with a non-functioning tail light, which caught the attention of Cedar Rapids police at 16th Avenue and M Street SW, according to a criminal complaint.
According to a Linn County criminal complaint, 19-year-old Daryan A. Magnuson admitted to performing a sex act on the child Friday at his home.
Police said Beard used a can of white spray paint to cover decals on the truck and had attempted to alter the license plate.
All three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery were convicted of murder Wednesday in the fatal shooting that became part of a larger national reckoning on racial injustice.
A 41-year-old Colorado woman accused of forging COVID-positive documents from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics to get out of a Colorado court hearing now is facing formal charges out of Boulder County related to the Iowa-related allegations.
The appeals court ordered Rompot neighborhood residents have a chance to be heard in district court in the lawsuit against the city of Cedar Rapids over the Cargill rail yard, which began to be built this summer.
A federal judge has approved a $5.4 million settlement between Transamerica and its current and former employees who accused the company of offering several poor performing investments in its employee retirement plan.
A 20-year-old Cedar Rapids man was linked to a shooting after investigators found shell casings and a scooter at the scene. His co-defendant hasn’t been arrested yet.
Two Fairfield teens charged with killing a Spanish teacher ask a judge to lower their $1million bail to $100,000. Prosecution asks to double it to $2 million. The judge will make ruling next week.
Willard Noble Chaiden Miller and Jeremy Everett Goodale, both 16 and charged with conspiracy to kill Nohema Graber, a Fairfield High School Spanish teacher, are in court Tuesday seeking to reduce their $1 million cash-only bail.
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a district court decision that the state is not wrongfully denying liberty to sex offenders who aren’t eligible for parole because they haven’t been able to get into a required treatment program in Iowa’s prison system.
Marshawn Jeffries, 18, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded to obstruction of prosecution and intimidation with a dangerous weapon in the death of University of Iowa student Malik Sheets. He faces five years in prison.
A person was killed Sunday after authorities were called to a Centerville area home to check on a reported assault, state officials said Monday.
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