DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines, Iowa, man pictured prominently with a QAnon shirt ahead of a crowd of insurgents inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack asked a judge on Monday to release him from jail, saying "he feels deceived, recognizing that he bought into a pack of lies.”
No details are available in court records of the competency evaluation. But 6th Judicial District Judge Chad Kepros, in his order, said the evaluation concluded Roberts is competent – meaning he understands the charges against him and is able to assist his lawyers in his defense. The proceedings are reinstated and trial is reset to July 13.
A Cedar Rapids man fled from police Saturday and was found to be carrying a stolen gun.
Shortly after 1 a.m., police responded to a report of an injured person in the roadway in the 300 block of Second Street.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowans have no right to a confidential telephone conversation with a lawyer prior to charges being filed, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, dealing a blow to attorney-client privilege.
According to trial testimony, a doctor described the girl’s extensive injuries all over her body as “torture.”
“Upon being released, I plan to jump right back into my pursuit of happiness with a career of acting and voice overs,” Blahnik states in a petition.
That the officer’s police vehicle came into contact twice -- and on opposites sides - with the fleeing motorcycle leads to the “inescapable conclusion” that the officer caused the crash, the lawsuit asserts.
Tyler Koob, 34, faces an attempted murder charge in connection to a shooting that occurred in November at a commercial property in southwest Cedar Rapids.
Revette Sauser, 52, of Ryan, was sentenced this week in Delaware County District Court after a Clayton County jury found her guilty last month of first-degree murder in the 2011 shooting death of 59-year-old Terry Sauser in their home in Ryan.
Michelle Kehoe of Coralville slashed her sons’ throats in 2008, killing one and wounding the other. In her debut book, a Solon writer tries to answer the question of why.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s state auditor has flagged concerns following an audit of the state’s sex offender civil commitment unit in Cherokee that showed a worker there made more than $50,000 in illicit payments to her husband over the course of 18 months.
Police arrested two individuals early Wednesday morning after they allegedly led police on a high-speed chase in a stolen vehicle.
Next step: Congress has to create this new judgeship, along with 78 others approved across the country
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