A judge has found a Des Moines activist guilty of a felony theft count for taking a police flyer used to identify protesters from an officer’s back pocket during a protest last year.
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A judge has found a Des Moines activist guilty of a felony theft count for taking a police flyer used to identify protesters from an officer’s back pocket during a protest last year.
A 24-year-old Marion woman was arrested Monday after officers found four dead cats in her apartment, which she had not visited in weeks, according to court documents.
Drew Blahnik, who was convicted of killing Chris Bagley, will wait to be sentenced — the judge will first rule on defense’s motion for new trial based on several legal issues.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department says two individuals have non-life threatening injuries following what appears to be a targeted shooting Friday night. No arrests have been made.
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Police Department lent some more clarity to the bail bondsman shooting situation late Friday …
Linn County prosecutors can use a teen suspect’s interview with police at trial, a district court judge ruled Friday. He said the 16-year-old voluntarily talked to police, and they didn’t have to notify his parents because he was a murder suspect in the June 2020 fatal shooting of Malik Sheets.
Instead of conducting the depositions during the Hawkeyes’ upcoming bye week Oct. 19 and 20 — to “continue day-to-day until completed” — the two coaches are scheduled to be deposed after the end of the football season, in January.
A Cedar Rapids man who fatally shot Wayne Jones in 2019 over an argument about cigarettes faces up to 30 years in prison. He pleaded to voluntary manslaughter and other charges this week.
Farley’s body was found Sept. 24, 1971, in a wooded ravine in Cedar Rapids. Even though nothing would bring her sister back, Lisa Schenzel said the family wanted to see the case solved and find justice.
Parole board says Marion man convicted at 17 for robbing and killing a pizza delivery driver can move to minimum security prison. David Keegan, now 37, is serving life with possibility of parole.
Trial for an Illinois man charged in Iowa City fatal shooting last year was canceled and a tentative plea hearing is set for December.
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Police Department is seeking assistance from the public in identifying a vehicle involved in …
At about 3 p.m., Yevette A. Bradley, 49, of West Des Moines, approached the bank counter and gave the Coralville teller a handwritten note demanding money, and threatening murder if her demand was not met, according to a criminal complaint.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 10 years for sexually abusing a 4-year-old child. This is his second sex conviction.
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