Articles Tagged: Iowa City Police Department

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.

The man was arrested on charges that he threatened his wife with a gun during an argument and fired two shots inside their house with two children present.

The Iowa City Police Department has responded to several vehicle burglaries in the past couple weeks. Police advise keeping doors locked and valuables out of sight.

An Iowa City man faces child endangerment charges after police allege he left a loaded gun unattended, allowing one child to shoot another child, causing serious injury.

Carter Wolf, 24, is accused of firing his gun through his closed bedroom door at least 6 or 7 times in the direction of his landlord, who was at the residence to fix a plumbing issue.

DeMarcus D. Robertson Ray, 18, of Cedar Rapids was arrested by Iowa City police on Dec. 22 after he was released from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Investigators have shared few details about the 9:46 a.m. report of “multiple shots fired” at 402 Fairchild St. – which sits two blocks west of North Market Park in the historic North Side neighborhood and three blocks west of Mann Elementary.

Iowa City police conducted alcohol sales law compliance checks at 33 businesses on Saturday. Nine businesses failed the check.

A Mount Pleasant woman faces drug-related charges after Iowa City police say an investigation determined she “is involved in the sale of narcotics with a co-conspirator in the Coralville/Iowa City area.”

Fifteen months after a University of Iowa student reported she was sexually assaulted by two fraternity brothers, who then shared video and pictures of the attack, Iowa City police have arrested one of the accused men, Carson Douglas Steffen, on a harassment charge.

According to a news release, at 1:25 a.m. Sunday, police responded to a report of shots fired at the ramp at 220 S. Capitol St. Officers found evidence that multiple shots were fired and several people may have been involved.

Meet Joachim “Joah” Seelos, who joined CommUnity Crisis Services in late August as a law enforcement liaison responding to mental health calls.

Police had responded to a call for a disturbance on the evening of Nov. 27, and found the victim had sustained bruises, broken ribs and a punctured lung. The individual had to receive emergency medical care and be hospitalized, according to a criminal complaint.