No verdict reached after two days of jury deliberations in Drew Blahnik trial. The Linn County jury will continue Thursday. Blahnik is accused of killing Chris Bagley in 2018.
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No verdict reached after two days of jury deliberations in Drew Blahnik trial. The Linn County jury will continue Thursday. Blahnik is accused of killing Chris Bagley in 2018.
The Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally shooting his parents and sister last month pleaded not guilty and his trial is set for Jan. 25.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds held a press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday to discuss Iowa State Patrol trooper deployment at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The lead investigator in the 2018 death of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts expressed confidence Tuesday that the right man was convicted, rejecting defense claims that her abduction could be tied to two other local men.
Jurors went home after six hours without reaching a verdict for a Cedar Rapids man who is charged with fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. They will resume deliberations Wednesday.
Police did not provide further details on charges
Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 26, filed a motion earlier this month asking 8th Judicial District Judge Joel Yates to delay the hearing on sentencing and on their motion for a new trial based on evidence involving sex trafficking “trap houses and kidnappings” in or near Poweshiek County.
The killing of Chris Bagley only took 12 minutes, prosecutor says during her closing argument in the first-degree murder trial of Drew Blahnik. Jury briefly started deliberations Monday and will continue Tuesday.
Carlos Hivento of Cedar Rapids, who video recorded himself sexually abusing an intoxicated woman, was convicted of 4 counts last week in Johnson County.
Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, in court for the murder trial in Chris Bagley’s death.
According to a criminal complaint, Ka’Leck T. Bolden was involved in a fight near 1100 Arthur St. on Saturday evening, when police said he pulled out a gun and shot it at others.
Anthony L. McCombs, 28, is accused of breaking into the Gazette office on Saturday.
The incident happened hours after the Iowa City Downtown Block Party wrapped up on Saturday.
Blahnik tells different version of what happened the night he killed Chris Bagley -- in self-defense, he says.
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