A grieving mother told a woman who helped plan the robbery of her son and then helped his shooter after the crime was someone the family had trusted and had considered a friend .
Trish Mehaffey Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2024 8:12 am461d ago
A grieving mother told a woman who helped plan the robbery of her son and then helped his shooter after the crime was someone the family had trusted and had considered a friend .
Emily Andersen Crime & Courts Sep. 6, 2024 3:05 pm464d ago
Delbert Dean Grimm, 80, faces two counts of second-degree sexual abuse.
Crime & Courts Sep. 6, 2024 5:30 pm464d ago
Prosecutor: Man who died was the ‘aggressor,’ but accused left the scene
Crime & Courts Sep. 6, 2024 8:07 am464d ago
The lawsuit over a state panel’s ruling that would knock the Libertarians off Iowa’s ballots is moving quickly through the courts with a deadline to mail the first batch of ballots looming.
Crime & Courts Sep. 6, 2024 7:51 am464d ago
A judge this week ordered Iowa parents, who were convicted of helping their son flee to Jordan to escape prosecution for attempted murder and other charges last year, to forfeit more than $11,000 in their bank account because it was used in the crime.
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2024 11:46 am465d ago
A juvenile was stabbed Wednesday evening during a fight at the Robert A. Lee Recreation Center, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.
Crime & Courts Sep. 4, 2024 8:22 pm466d ago
The 26 former and current college student-athletes suing the state, DCI and other officials over a warrantless search in a sports betting investigation, want to amend their petition to address concerns the Iowa Attorney General’s Office brought up in its motion to dismiss.
Crime & Courts Oct. 8, 2024 1:28 pm432d ago
Three Libertarian candidates for Congress have appealed a state panel’s ruling that disqualified their candidacies and put their spot on the Nov. 5 ballot in question. Now, a judge says election ballots should not be certified until their challenges have been heard.
Crime & Courts Sep. 4, 2024 7:42 am466d ago
A Marshalltown man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he intentionally hit and killed a Tama man with his car.
Crime & Courts Sep. 3, 2024 2:01 pm467d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Sunday on charges that he sexually abused a 4-year-old girl in June.
Crime & Courts Sep. 3, 2024 1:46 pm467d ago
Ali Younes, 21, who fled the country to avoid prosecution for attempted murder and robbery of a woman in 2022, was extradited from Chicago over the weekend after self-surrendering last week. He was charged with an additional charge of escape from custody on Tuesday in Johnson County District Court.
By Clark Kauffman, - Iowa Capital Dispatch
Crime & Courts Sep. 3, 2024 5:30 am467d ago
The state of Iowa is contesting a Cedar Rapids company’s legal efforts to reopen a swimming pool that allegedly poses a threat to public health.
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 8, 2024 1:28 pm432d ago
3 Libertarian Congressional candidates are challenging the State Objections Panel’s 2-1 ruling that would remove them from the November ballot
Crime & Courts Sep. 3, 2024 8:16 am467d ago
Bird said she plans to propose a constitutional amendment in the wake of an Iowa Supreme Court ruling that said defendants must be able to face witnesses, including children
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