An Iowa City man who was arrested in New Orleans in January after police believe he robbed a Cedar Rapids bank at gunpoint has been extradited to Linn County on robbery charges.
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An Iowa City man who was arrested in New Orleans in January after police believe he robbed a Cedar Rapids bank at gunpoint has been extradited to Linn County on robbery charges.
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help identifying a suspect in an attempted abduction Saturday near Oakland Cemetery.
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen will continue to talk about pay increases for judges until something changes and is encouraging Iowa judges to talk to their local lawmakers to make the case for a 6.2 percent increase. Gov. Kim Reynolds has proposed 2 percent.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday on charges that he sexually abused a three-month old child.
A judge denied moving the trial out of Linn County for Shane Teslik who is accused of fatally stabbing Devonna Walker last year. According to the ruling, Teslik didn’t prove he couldn’t get a fair trial and impartial jury in Linn County.
A Johnson County jury convicted a North Liberty man of sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in 2017. He was 16 at the time, but according to court documents, he may have sexually abused the child from the time she was 8 years old.
A Coggon man said he deposited cash into a bitcoin machine and gave the bitcoin to a person who threatened him. Now, he wants his cash back after finding out it was a scam.
At least one person was killed Wednesday in a shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, police say.
The Marion Police Department released an online transparency hub last month called Resident Connect which allows community members to see what types of calls the police department and fire department respond to each day and the general area where the calls came from.
A man was arrested Tuesday after Cedar Rapids police say he led them on a chase across multiple cities that ended when he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a ditch off Interstate 80 in Coralville.
A Marion man was arrested after a four-hour standoff with police last weekend on charges that he threatened police with a firearm when they came to his apartment to investigate a domestic dispute.
A Cedar Rapids man, who sexually abused an 11-year-old girl for months in 2020, was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He preyed upon her vulnerabilities and tried to turn her against her parents.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend on charges that he had multiple explosive devices in his possession.
A Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally stabbing Devonna Walker last year asked a judge Friday to move his trial out of Linn County because of false and inflammatory social media posts and comments. The judge will rule later.
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