A Cedar Rapids man, who turned a drug transaction into armed robbery, was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison. He stole fentanyl from a drug dealer.
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A Cedar Rapids man, who turned a drug transaction into armed robbery, was sentenced to over 11 years in federal prison. He stole fentanyl from a drug dealer.
A Tiffin man, who directed and recorded videos of child porn involving a toddler, was sentenced to 37 years in prison. He also must pay $6,000 in victim restitution.
The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms, as well as other tenants.
A Nebraska man, who tried to open exit doors during a flight from Omaha last week and caused an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, will remain in jail pending trial. A detention hearing didn’t go forward because he didn’t have a place to stay if released.
A Marion man, previously charged in Linn and Jones counties with sex exploitation and enticement, now faces federal indictment, with additional child porn charges.
An Iowa City teen who participated in a large fight, stabbing three people outside a bar in 2023, pleaded Wednesday to lesser charges and plans to ask for a deferred judgment.
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Tuesday on charges that she stole almost $25,000 from her father, a dependent adult for whom she was caretaker.
Two Cedar Rapids men — one of whom was arrested last year on charges he stole copper and wiring from an industrial site — are facing charges after the theft of copper wire from Mercy Medical Center.
A judge will allow part of the confession of a Marion man accused of bludgeoning 4 people with a metal bar in June of 2024. His statements made to law enforcement regarding motive and details won’t be allowed at trial because he wasn’t read Miranda rights at that time.
A Cedar Rapids man who distributed “thousands” of fentanyl pills was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.
A Marion man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for possessing multiple machine gun conversion devices. Prosecutors said he had 18 devices, which convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns, as defined under federal law.
The judge’s order on Iowa’s new pharmacy benefit managers regulations, which partially halts its implementation, applies only to plaintiff businesses, their workers and health care agents.
An Iowa County man has been arrested in relation to a crash in Linn County that left a Nebraska man dead. According to a criminal complaint, the crash happened when the Iowa driver passed the Nebraska driver in a no-passing zone while two cars were coming from the opposite direction.
A Des Moines man has been indicted on eight charges of sex trafficking four Iowa women for prostitution in Illinois and North Dakota. If convicted, he would face a mandatory minimum of 15 years on each sex trafficking charge and up to 10 years on each transportation charge.
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