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.
Jeremy Sneed, of Joliet, Ill., allegedly intended to kill a man in Marion with a firearm and the bullet instead struck a woman and injured her June 26 in Marion.
A man and woman face charges for allegedly restraining a man while striking and burning him in Cedar Falls.
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation on Saturday identified the man shot and killed by police in Waterloo as 42-year-old Brent Lee Boggess.
Trial for the 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally shooting his parents and sister will not happen in January. Evidence reports are still outstanding and depositions haven’t started.
Former prison officer sentenced to 3 months in federal prison for lying to grand jury about wife’s health care fraud scheme. He falsely testified he didn’t live with her during the time she claimed benefits for food, housing and healthcare, and he provided no financial help to her.
Kyle Rittenhouse has been acquitted of all charges after pleading self-defense in the deadly Kenosha, Wisconsin, shootings that became a flashpoint in the nation’s debate over guns, vigilantism and racial injustice.
Cedar Rapids liquor and tobacco outlet -- which wouldn’t allow customer with a service dog to enter -- settled ADA dispute for $1,000 to the customer and adopting policy changes for the store.
“Suicide by cop” situations have risen in Iowa and across the country. The increase could be spurred by the pandemic, which has caused higher rates of depression and more suicide attempts by young people, but it’s a challenge for law enforcement.
The man was on his way to Florida, he said. Police said he was in a stolen car.
The man and a Jones County deputy were taken to a hospital for their injuries
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