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.
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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.
A former University of Northern Iowa student faces charges of threatening a dean and her husband and threatening to shoot a university staff member.
Mélisse Brunet’s lawsuit, filed in Polk County District Court, alleges gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, and unequal pay violations of the Iowa Civil Rights Act.
A 17-year-old was sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting and injuring another man, who didn’t know him, in 2022. Police identified the teen through witnesses and surveillance video.
An Iowa Athletics assistant IT director was charged with sending pornographic photos and videos to a girl under 16, along with ‘hundreds’ of messages telling her he wanted to have sex with her.
A Cedar Rapids contractor scammed victims of the 2020 derecho and others by making promises of repair, getting down payments and then never doing the home repair work. One Cedar Rapids widow was conned out of more than $4,000, but he never repaired her roof.
A judge will allow a statements, including a confession, made by a Cedar Rapids man who is accused of trying to kill his ex-wife in 2020. Judge says he voluntarily waived his rights and didn’t seemed confused or upset during the interview.
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