Articles Tagged: Iowa City Police Department

Porch pirates are arriving early this holiday season. Here’s what you can do to prevent package theft and avoid unhappy holidays.

The owner of Pints Bar in Iowa City was arrested early Sunday morning on charges that he served alcohol to three employees, who are minors.

On the heels of a state report on lives lost to domestic violence in 2022, victim advocates say a measure on the ballot Nov. 8 will make it harder to enact gun laws in Iowa to keep firearms out of the hands of abusers.

Officers found the woman in an adjacent alley with multiple gunshot wounds

A Wisconsin man was arrested Wednesday night after a robbery and burglary that led to a stand-off with police during which one officer fired a gun. One resident was treated for injuries caused during the incident.

The Iowa City Police Department received 236 calls for service related to fireworks complaints from June 1 to July 8, according to a city memo. During the same period last year, the department received 136 calls.

An Iowa City man is facing a charge of terrorism and two charges of possession of explosives after bringing “incendiary materials” to the GuideLink Center and University of Iowa’s College of Public Health.

Law enforcement responded to an incident at GuideLink Center in Iowa City where an individual began to physically assault staff members after walking into the building. The GuideLink Center will remain closed until 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

A Solon man was arrested Thursday night on charges he tried to break into an Iowa City house and then assaulted a juvenile who tried to stop him.

Iowa City police used two armored vehicles to serve a search warrant at 1019 Carver Street Thursday morning, at about 7:45 a.m. The warrant was related to recent shooting incidents.

The Iowa City Police Department released body camera footage and squad car footage of an arrest that happened Friday night outside a bar in the 100 block of S. Clinton St. A bystander’s video of the arrest, apparently showing an officer hitting the woman once she’s inside the squad car, has been making its way around social media.

Iowa City police say they are reviewing an arrest made Friday, partially caught on a bystander’s video, of a woman accused of biting a deputy and attempting to disarm an officer.

Joshua Dabusu hopes to make policing more accessible to immigrants and refugees in Iowa City in his new role as the community outreach assistant.

A former Iowa City police officer is suing the city, saying he was “coerced” into resigning after the police chief told him he had 2 hours to submit his resignation or be fired. The city says he resigned in lieu of being fired for misconduct and released a video of the incident.

Anthony Sivanthaphanith, 37, is accused of using the funds on personal transactions, which were not authorized.