An Iowa man accused of hiding in the backseat a Nebraska woman’s car and using homemade chloroform, duct tape and zip ties to abduct a woman has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and other charges.
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An Iowa man accused of hiding in the backseat a Nebraska woman’s car and using homemade chloroform, duct tape and zip ties to abduct a woman has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and other charges.
Police arrested two juveniles early Monday morning after they allegedly attempted to break into a truck near Blossom Court NE in northeast Cedar Rapids.
Iowa State Patrol troopers, who stop more than 150,000 motorists a year, provide security at the Iowa State Capitol and staff high-profile events including RAGBRAI, don’t wear body cameras. Why not?
A woman was shot in the leg early Saturday at an apartment complex in southeast Marion, police said.
Brenda Jensen, 53, of Denison, successfully concealed her crime by overstating the credit union’s general ledger balance and creating fictitious deposits to her personal accounts, according to court documents.
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man who possessed multiple handguns and shotguns while using drugs pleaded guilty this week …
Cedar Rapids police are investigating after a man was shot in the leg at an apartment complex in northwest Cedar Rapids.
Company’s attorneys argue plant’s actions during pandemic involved federal mandates
Police said keys were left in the vehicle’s ignition at convenience store
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly stole several tools valued in excess of $1,500 from a garage in the 2400 block of Eighth Avenue SW.
Roman Catholic priests who victimized Iowa children decades ago cannot be prosecuted despite a new law eliminating the statute of limitations for child sex abuse, the state attorney general says.
Last week, Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter filed applications to subpoena witnesses who treated Jackson for his foot injury — Area Ambulance Service and Cedar Rapids Fire Department personnel. She also subpoenaed all of Jackson’s medical records from UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and any names of staff involved in his treatment.
An Iowa man has been charged with making and placing a pipe bomb that was recently found by a young girl in a Des Moines suburb, but investigators do not believe he’s linked to a bomb that was left at a nearby polling place in March.
The reasons for the amended prison terms for Martin Lawrence and Timothy Sprous, both of Cedar Rapids, who were convicted on separate drug charges, are in sealed court documents recently filed in U.S. District Court.
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