A 41-year-old former immigration attorney facing numerous theft charges in Colorado is being held in the Johnson County Jail in Iowa City, accused of fabricating a positive COVID test from the University of Iowa in an attempt to avoid a mandatory in-person court appearance in Boulder.
Lawsuit: 2 people killed in August 2020 collision on Mississippi RIver
A former assistant track coach at Linn-Mar High School and owner of a high school sports photography service answered to two more charges Tuesday alleging he molested a second victim.
A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man is facing felony robbery and trafficking of stolen weapons charges after Iowa City police say he robbed someone at a Kum & Go near the University of Iowa campus in the early morning hours of Oct. 3.
Police investigating 2 separate shootings Saturday in the city that led to injuries.
A Davenport woman is accused of lighting a fire in the back seat of a patrol car in Scott County while being transported to the Linn County Correctional Center.
An Iowa City man pleads to lesser charges and faces little prison time in fatal Christmas shooting in 2019. Elijah McAbee admitted to shooting a witness who was with fatal victim, Gregory Jackson.
Authorities have text messages that corroborate the teen’s account of the incidents. If convicted, the 27-year-old man faces up to 30 years in prison.
Dewey Dale Wilfong III, 28, was shot by a Tama County deputy Thursday evening after officers responded to a call of shots being fired.
Two Cedar Rapids women are accused of breaking into a Marion apartment Oct. 16 and using a metal pole to beat up a woman.
The Story County Sheriff’s Office has launched a criminal investigation into questionable spending of public money in the small central Iowa city of McCallsburg after a state audit identified tens of thousands of dollars improperly spent or not collected.
A federal judge this week ordered Rep. Devin Nunes' family members to disclose how they are paying for their defamation lawsuit against a reporter and magazine publisher over a 2018 story about their Iowa farm.
A judge has upheld the firing of former Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Lucas Jones, saying the termination was supported by evidence of dishonesty and violation of departmental policies.
A judge told the state Division of Criminal Investigation to remove from its website and social media platforms a news release saying a police shooting of a murder suspect was justified.
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