A woman who is suing two former FIJI members is asking the court to drop a separate lawsuit against a former UI student she accused of video recording the alleged sexual attack.
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A woman who is suing two former FIJI members is asking the court to drop a separate lawsuit against a former UI student she accused of video recording the alleged sexual attack.
Urbana man was sentenced this week to 30 years in federa prison for molesting and sexually exploiting a 4-year-old child. He recorded sexually explicit videos of the child and shared them with others online.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department has identified a man who was killed Wednesday night in Cedar Rapids as Anthony Fitts, 29, of Cedar Rapids.
Three people have been arrested in relation to a shots-fired incident in Iowa City on Christmas.
“Now, Ring hopefully will altogether be out of the business of platforming casual and warrantless police requests for footage to its users,” Matthew Guariglia, a senior policy analyst at the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Middle school students in Perry, Iowa, returned to classes Thursday for the first time since a 17-year-old opened fire in a cafeteria, killing two people and injuring six others.
Police said the incident remains an active investigation and did not announce any suspect has been detained or arrested.
Alabama, unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, will attempt to put an inmate to death with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental.
Two lawsuits have been filed against the defunct Taboo nightclub and Timothy Rush for fatally shooting Marvin Cox and injuring another man.
Andrew Derr, 21, was arrested in New Orleans and was in the custody of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, authorities said, while arrangements were being made to bring him back to Iowa. He will face charges related to the armed robbery.
A former Iowa State University police officer fired for engaging in a high-speed pursuit against department policy, during which she hit two uninovlved vehicles -- including one that then ran into an apartment building -- has been ordered to pay back the unemployment benefits she collected after being placed on administrative leave.
An attorney for two former Iowa State University football players charged with sports betting violations says Iowa investigators’ use of geofencing software on at least one university campus amounted to a “warrantless search” that invaded students’ privacy.
An assistant Linn County attorney was appointed by Gov. Reynolds last Friday as the next 6th Judicial District judge. Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said the office is “thrilled” for him and wish him the best in his new role.
People who assault police officers, firefighters, health care providers and other protected professionals would receive heightened sentences under a bill Iowa lawmakers advanced Monday.
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