Jeffrey Alan Bradley, 50, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to one count of receiving child pornography and faces up to 20 years in prison.
Trish Mehaffey Crime & Courts Aug. 8, 2024 4:10 pm494d ago
Jeffrey Alan Bradley, 50, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to one count of receiving child pornography and faces up to 20 years in prison.
Trish Mehaffey Crime & Courts Aug. 8, 2024 3:57 pm494d ago
Colby Joseph Manley, 26, pleaded guilty in January to four counts of distribution and aiding and abetting the distribution of a controlled substance and two counts of distribution of a controlled substance.
Crime & Courts Aug. 8, 2024 4:07 pm494d ago
Appeals court Judge Mary Tabor was elected as the new chief judge to replace Thomas Bower who retired in July. Tabor has been a judge on the court since 2010.
Crime & Courts Aug. 8, 2024 4:22 pm494d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday after a standoff with police that started when Cedar Rapids police responded to reports of a violent domestic situation.
Crime & Courts Aug. 20, 2024 11:52 am482d ago
A judge lowered bail from $500,000 to $100,000 for a Cedar Rapids woman charged with fatally stabbing the father of two of her children in January. If released, she must wear an ankle monitor and be under the supervision of 6th Judicial Department of Correctional Services pending trial set for Dec. 10.
Crime & Courts Aug. 7, 2024 11:26 am495d ago
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, during a visit to Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, highlighted drug and firearms cases prosecuted in the Northern District of Iowa. Garland has been visiting federal prosecutors office around the country to talk with law enforcement about their efforts.
Crime & Courts Aug. 6, 2024 7:47 am496d ago
A 16-year-old has been charged in adult court in relation to a shooting that injured a 13-year-old on Saturday in Cedar Rapids.
After reviewing reams of evidence that included testimony from top executives at Google, Microsoft and Apple during last year's 10-week trial, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued his potentially market-shifting decision three months after the two sides presented their closing arguments in early May.
Crime & Courts Aug. 5, 2024 1:37 pm497d ago
A Coralville man was arrested Friday on charges that he shot two unarmed people in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall on July 20.
Crime & Courts Aug. 4, 2024 9:50 am498d ago
A 13-year-old was shot in the leg Saturday night in northeast Cedar Rapids and police arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the shooting.
Crime & Courts Aug. 4, 2024 6:00 am498d ago
Iowa offenders who cause a death must pay $150,000 in restitution, according to a law enacted in 1997, but some Eastern Iowa victims say it’s not a priority to help them. They realize the offenders are spending life in prison, in most cases, and doubt they will receive much of it.
Crime & Courts Aug. 5, 2024 9:22 am497d ago
He was seen on video placing items he said were destructive outside the Johnson County Courthouse, records show. But the items were just religious materials.
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2024 4:44 pm500d ago
A former roofers union president who embezzled money from the organization was sentenced to 8 months in federal prison. He also has to pay over $30,000 in restitution.
Crime & Courts Aug. 5, 2024 7:46 am497d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who fatally shot another man during drug deal pleaded to lesser charges and faces up to 25 years. The two men were in an argument over the drugs when Paris Diamond shot twice at Mohamed Twafik in his car.
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