States, including Iowa, respond with harsher penalties
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States, including Iowa, respond with harsher penalties
A Cedar Rapids teen — accused of planning with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune in 2023 — turned down a plea offer Friday for the second time
A state law that would allow the arrest and deportation of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into the country will remain blocked after a federal appeals court ruling issued Friday.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on a charge of prostitution that’s connected to a human trafficking case two people were arrested for in July, according to charging documents.
Judge sentenced Cedar Rapids mother to 40 years in prison, for what he called “horrendous acts” of child abuse. Her 3-year-old son suffered multiple, repeated injuries, which a medical expert said was “torture.”
An 62-year-old Iowa City man convicted of receiving child porn was sentenced Friday to 6 years in prison. An investigation determined he’d been receiving material since 2001.
Also proposed: Putting those guilty of ‘grooming’ on sex registry
Judge will not move trial out of Linn County for Marion man who is charged with killing four people with a metal pipe last summer. His trial is set for April 8.
A 19-year-old Maquoketa man pleaded to theft and conspiracy charges for his participation in the fatal shooting of Michael McCune, 16, of Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 18, 2023. He faces up to 32 years in this case and a separate theft conviction.
The question was at the heart of a discussion about Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution to allow children to testify remotely
According to search warrants filed in both cases, the Mobile Assist Team with the Cedar Rapids Police Department has been running an online operation to catch sexual predators by making false accounts on online dating apps and chat rooms where people seek dates, relationships and sex.
Cedar Rapids home is fined $1,000 for failing to investigate thefts
A Tama man was arrested Monday and charged with stealing a firearm after the Tama County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle threatening to kill family members.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will resume housing federal inmates at the jail in Cedar Rapids one year after ending its previous agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service.
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