A Cedar Rapids man, who led police on foot chase after officers found a loaded handgun and marijuana, was sentenced this week to more than 5 years in federal prison. An investigation found he had possessed at least 10 guns since 2018.
In the meantime, ACLU of Iowa makes a last-ditch legal request for the Iowa Supreme Court to rehear the case.
“You are not the victim here,” a judge told a former Linn-Mar assistant track coach after Kameron Beets said his life had been “shattered.” by the sex abuse charges against him. Beets was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Prosecutors said the Democrat abused the power of his office to protect allies from criminal investigations and enrich associates, including his wife, through acts that included meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials and helping that country access millions of dollars in U.S. military aid.
Former employee alleges company bought a house from Marengo safety official
An Iowa City man was arrested Sunday after police say he shot at another someone outside a hookah bar a week prior.
An Iowa City man was arrested over the weekend, accused of stabbing a person in the stomach after “an altercation.”
Iowa City man sets up fake email and social media accounts under UI police detective’s name to harass and retaliate against him for arresting and then testifying at protesters’ trials.
A Cedar Rapids man, charged in four separate Iowa City sexual assaults, pleaded to a lesser charge in one, with another charge dropped along with a drug charge, as part of plea agreement. He pleaded to a second drug charge and faces another five years in prison. He was previously sentenced to 44 years for two other sexual assaults.
The shooting killed David Vanderhamm and injured his stepfather, John Coppes. A review by the Iowa Attorney General’s Office cleared the three Cedar Rapids officers involved in the shooting.
An Iowa City police officer has been put on paid administrative leave after an officer-involved shooting Monday that involved a suicidal subject.
A Marion man was arrested last week on charges that he sexually abused a child continually between September 2020 and May 2023.
The federal judge presiding over the classified documents case of former President Donald Trump in Florida dismissed the prosecution on Monday, siding with defense lawyers who said the special counsel who filed the charges was illegally appointed.
Judge delays trial by two weeks for Marion who beat four people to death with metal pipe. Trial reset to Sept. 10. Prosecutors had scheduling conflict.
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