A Cedar Rapids woman was sentenced to up to 20 years in prison for fatally stabbing boyfriend last year. Judge orders her to serve two years of a mandatory minimum, instead of the possible 10, before being eligible for parole.
A judge denied moving a Woodbury County teen’s Iowa City robbery and assault case to juvenile court based on the “extremely egregious and violent” offenses and his past multiple delinquencies in juvenile court. He is accused of attacking a stranger in Mercer Park and robbing him of money.
A Manchester woman is facing multiple charges related to a money laundering scheme that police say she was involved in, along with suspects in several other states, that resulted in the loss of more than $1 million.
Two people were arrested Friday on charges they broke into a garage in Cedar Rapids and stole an all-terrain vehicle and multiple power tools, totaling more than $10,000 worth of property.
A 3-week-old baby and 6-year-old child were found “crying and sweating profusely” in a locked car on Monday at the Walmart on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids. The temperature inside the car was 100 degrees. The driver and mother of the 3 week old was charged with child endangerment.
Cedar Rapids woman received 4 year probation for abandoning stepchildren, an 8-year-old and 6-year-old, on Tower Terrace Road, near I-380, in June 2024. She also was sentenced for falsely reporting their father shot her in the stomach about two months later.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report Thursday that a person was being held at gunpoint, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.
A former employee of St. Matthew Catholic School was arrested Wednesday on a charge of indecent contact with a child.
A Woodbury County 17-year-old asked a judge to move his assault and robbery case from adult court back into juvenile court. He is accused of assaulting and robbing an Iowa City man at Mercer Park in June. His three co-defendants, all 16-years-old, remain in juvenile court.
A former investment officer with the Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System alleges he was wrongly fired after reporting the state’s pension system was routinely overstating its performance, concealing certain expenses and understating its investment risk.
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.
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