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.
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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.”
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.
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