An investigation found that the victim was involved in a disturbance outside a homeless services center with a 37-year-old woman who sprayed the victim with a flammable substance and lit her on fire, police said. The suspect then hit the victim in the face with something.
Montel Reed was taken to the Linn County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder, going armed with intent, intimidation with a weapon, willful injury causing bodily injury and felon in possession of a firearm.
Kenneth Dean Brown, 57, formerly of Cedar Falls, admitted he called the Washington office of U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., on Dec. 18, 2019, and told a staffer, “I will find someone to assassinate that piece of (expletive) you work for. Jerry Nadler is going to be assassinated.”
Judge offers option of open trial date Aug. 3 in Linn County.
John Randall Maher, 35, of Mount Vernon, faces numerous charges, including driving a stolen motorcycle.
Thursday marks two weeks since 11-year-old Xavior Harrelson left his home at a mobile home park in northwest Montezuma and disappeared. The Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday that a reward fund has been established to encourage those who may have information regarding the boy’s disappearance to come forward.
According to testimony, Nathan Nosley persuaded, induced and enticed two girls to send him pornographic images of themselves between 2018 and last year. He also distributed and accessed child pornography using a cell phone.
Officers were dispatched shortly before midnight to the 1100 block of First Avenue NW
Court documents state that during a search of Henry Eilders’ home in March 2020, officers found over 800 grams of meth, a firearm and $63,151 in cash. Eilders later admitted to selling 104 pounds of the drug during the previous year.
A judge has condemned an Iowa police chief for using his city-issued stun gun to shock guests at two parties in 2016, calling it an “immoral activity” that could have caused serious injuries or death.
Two people were arrested Monday night after they were allegedly caught stealing more than $1,300 worth of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in southeast Cedar Rapids. Further investigation revealed another $1,000 worth of stolen merchandise.
The prosecution and defense agreed to move the trial to Linn County District Court.
Ronald Robi, the tipster in a 2016 murder-for-hire case, faces three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon.
Evidence shows two large groups got in a confrontation early Sunday in downtown Davenport and fired over 80 gunshots.
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