A judge will not accept a teen’s plea to two charges in a fatal drag racing crash that killed a Waterloo woman in 2023, ruling he found “deficiencies” in the trial information — causing confusion over the number of charges against the teen.
According to a news release, officers received a report of an assault that occurred about 6:55 p.m. in the parking lot of West High School.
A Decorah man faces an attempted murder charge and other counts after he struck the mother of his child and then violently attacked her mom, who had confronted him after spotting blood on her daughter’s dress, according to authorities and court records.
The Chicago Police Department said in a news release that Chicago officers, along with U.S. Marshals, arrested the teenager Monday in Cedar Rapids on a murder warrant.
A Coralville man is convicted of assaulting a jail officer in Muscatine County while the officer was conducting an investigation about contraband coming into the jail.
One of the Iowa City teens charged in fatal drag racing crash pleaded to homicide by vehicle - reckless driving. It’s a 10-year prison sentence but it will be suspended and he will serve probation, according to plea agreement.
A Cedar Rapids man who was arrested last week on two counts of attempted murder shot multiple times at another man, hitting him once, according to a criminal complaint.
According to the lawsuit, Harvey said his hair was “important to his culture and spirituality" and he offered to address the concerns by trimming his hair, styling it differently, wearing it in a hair wrap or purchasing a different hard hat.
A judge ruled to move a teen, accused of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl, to the Johnson County Jail, pending a bed becoming available at the Linn County Juvenile Center. He will be kept away from the adult inmates. He was moved from the juvenile facility in Cherokee because of “assaultive” behavior.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on two counts of attempted murder in relation to a shooting that happened in July.
A Cedar Rapids man who attempted to solicit sex from a 14-year-old boy, who was actually an undercover police officer targeting child predators online, pleaded guilty Thursday. He faces up to 14 years in prison. He was one of seven arrested in the police sting.
One of the teens charged in a fatal drag racing crash that killed a 22-year-old Waterloo woman, submitted written pleas to two charges, but the prosecution asked the court to reject the pleas because they didn’t agree to them.
A North Liberty woman was charged last week with first-degree harassment after police say she threatened the principal of her daughter’s school.
A Cedar Rapids man who is charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal crash last month had a .189 blood alcohol level more than two hours after the crash, according to a criminal complaint.
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