An Iowa City man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for a several burglaries and thefts at local businesses. Police say he was selling the stolen items to support himself. The stolen items totaled over $100,000.
An armed parent entered the building to confront the principal about sending his son home from school, authorities said.
Judges in two Eastern Iowa counties have ordered a North Liberty man, charged in sexual assault cases in Johnson and Black Hawk counties, undergo a competency evaluation.
The Illinois woman was driving the same car when she was pulled over by different officers, criminal complaints show.
Jack McCaffery, 17, of North Liberty, will pay $1,000 fine and his driver’s license will be suspended for 180 days as a result of fatal crash in May. He was cited for failing to yield to a jogger in a marked crosswalk in Iowa City. The jogger, Corey Hite, 45, an Iowa National Guard soldier, died later from his injuries.
A Storm Lake man, who kidnapped his wife by gunpoint and led police on a foot pursuit through an Iowa City parking ramp last year, pleaded to guilty Wednesday and faces 40 years in prison. His trial was set to start next Tuesday.
An Iowa City woman was arrested over the weekend on charges that she lit a truck on fire that belonged to the man she’s divorcing..
An Iowa City police sexual assault detective makes victim priority and tries to get best resolution for them, even if an arrest isn’t possible. She wants victims to feel they have been heard and believed.
An Iowa City man was arrested Monday after multiple minors reported he made inappropriate sexual comments towards them while they were walking on Court Hill Trail near the Memory Gardens Cemetery.
A 17-year-old from Coralville has been charged with sexual abuse after an Iowa City police officer reportedly witnessed him performing a sexual act in a car with a 13-year-old.
The Iowa City Police Department is seeking the public’s help to identify a few individuals who investigators would like to talk to regarding two assaults that happened Sunday morning, according to a news release from the department.
The Iowa City Public Library was evacuated Tuesday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat, according to a Facebook post from the library.
Coach Fran McCaffery’s son is asking the court to waive his appearance at his bench trial for a traffic violation that resulted in the death of an Iowa National Guard soldier.
A Washington County woman was killed Monday after the car she was driving was hit by a truck in Iowa City.
Lamont’e O’Neal, 20, is in custody in Cook County, Ill., on unrelated charges and will be extradited later to face charges in Johnson County, police said.
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