A Marion man will go to trial next month, after several delays, for kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in 2021. His other charges of assault in two separate cases have been resolved through plea agreements.
The woman found an aluminum can with a green fuse coming from one end in the apartment. The Cedar Rapids Metro Hazardous Devices Unit was called to the scene and determined the can was an explosive device.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he stole extension cords and related items from holiday displays around Cedar Rapids, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Police Department.
The father described the 4-year-old child’s behavior as “high.”
The Supreme Court agreed on Wednesday to take up a dispute over a medication used in the most common method of abortion in the United States, its first abortion case since it overturned Roe v. Wade last year.
Multiple extension cords have been stolen in the last couple weeks from Christmas light displays in downtown Cedar Rapids and in the MedQuarter, according to Nikki Wilcox, the director of strategic developmet for the Cedar Rapids Economic Alliance.
Tobin allegedly had sex with the teen after she joined the department's ride-along program in 2021. He then exchanged nude photos with her, had her ask for naked photos of one of her friends, and showed her photos of other nude teenagers that were evidence in another criminal investigation.
A trespass charge was dropped Tuesday against a 92-year-old West Branch farmer accused of driving around barricades and through wet concrete on Herbert Hoover Highway. The highway damage was estimated at over $366,000.
Nine people have been charged after a protest in front of Kinnick Stadium on Saturday ended in arrests for trespassing.
Police received a 911 call about an attempted break-in at the church just after 5 a.m. When officers arrived, they found Gutgsell injured and a suspected attacker inside.
Cameras that can read license plates and automatically run them through police databases are becoming more common across the U.S., and raising concerns about privacy. They’ve started to pop up in Iowa in the recent years. The University of Iowa installed 28 cameras this year, and Marshalltown plans to add 32 in the near future.
A Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally stabbing Devonna Walker will ask the court to move his trial out of Linn County. His trial is set to start March 24.
A judge in Polk County moved a wrongful death trial to Scott over the Adventureland water raft ride that flipped over and killed 11-year-old Eastern Iowa boy in 2021. He said a fair and impartial jury couldn’t be selected in Polk because of pretrial publicity.
The sexual abuse happened multiple times between December 2022 and July 2023, when the child was under 14 years old, according to a criminal complaint.
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