Two childhood friends named by defense lawyers
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Two childhood friends named by defense lawyers
A Sioux City man with multiple previous convictions was sentenced to over 4 years in federal prison for illegally having a gun.
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day.
A prosecutor rejected defense claims Thursday that the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts could be connected to sex trafficking and other abductions that happened in the rural area where she disappeared while out for a run.
One of the Anamosa inmates charged with killing a correctional officer and nurse in March will claim self-defense in the slayings. A bench trial for Michael Dutcher remains set for Aug. 3.
Trial starts this week for Drew Blahnik charged with fatal stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. Jury selection started and continues Thursday.
Fire crews used ground ladders and fire escapes to help several people escape from an apartment building fire in the Wellington Heights neighborhood in southeast Cedar Rapids.
A judge said Wednesday he’ll delay sentencing the man convicted of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts in 2018 after defense attorneys asserted authorities withheld information about investigations into a nearby sex trafficking ring the lawyers say could have been involved in the fatal stabbing.
Nola L. Wardell, 51, of Calumet City, Ill., faces a charge of first-degree arson after authorities say she set a front porch ablaze at a residence in southwest Cedar Rapids in April.
Cousins went missing July 13, 2012; bodies were found the following December
Monticello resident faces a mandatory 10 years in federal prison
A federal judge agreed on Tuesday to free an Iowa man from jail more than six months after his videotaped confrontation of a police officer inside the U.S. Capitol became one of the most menacing images of the Jan. 6 riots.
On Dec. 19, 1979, 18-year-old Michelle Martinko was stabbed to death in the parking lot of Westdale Mall. For nearly 40 years, Cedar Rapids police searched for her killer. DNA evidence provided the breakthrough needed to close the case.
Keyshawn Allers, 19, was killed July 12, 2020, in Cedar Rapids. No arrests have been made.
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