Lily Rose Lee, formerly known as Michelle Knight, will be speaking at an event in Cedar Rapids meant to raise awareness and support for survivors of sexual assault. A Gazette reporter recently spoke with Lee about the upcoming event and her life as a kidnapping survivor.
The attack took place in April 2021 at an apartment complex in Marion. His trial will now be scheduled.
Judge lowers bail for a former Linn-Mar track coach charged with sexually abusing two male students. Bail was lowered from $65,000 to $30,000 and only 10 percent has to be paid to be released.
A Linn County jail inmate who escaped from a routine medical transport Tuesday has been formally charged with escape, three counts of third-degree kidnapping and several other charges.
Judge denies new lawyer for Logan Isaac, 30, charged with kidnapping, sex assault after he doesn’t show up for hearing. Isaac also faces assault charges for resisting and punching police officers.
After a 30-minute conversation about work, when the woman turned to exit, Shannon Siems reached out and flicked her breast, the complaint stated. She then yelled at him and tried to walk out but he grabbed her from behind in a bear hug and tried to spin her "onto a nearby dirty futon."
A man and woman face charges for allegedly restraining a man while striking and burning him in Cedar Falls.
Michael A. Dutcher, 28, previously said he would plead the slayings were in self-defense or defense of others, but court filings this week show he plans to plead guilty to charges of first-degree murder, second-degree kidnapping and attempted murder.
An El Salvador national has been sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for snatching a teenage girl from an eastern Iowa yard, dragging her into a house and groping her.
One of the Anamosa inmates charged with killing a correctional officer and nurse in March will claim self-defense in the slayings. A bench trial for Michael Dutcher remains set for Aug. 3.
An Iowa man accused of hiding in the backseat a Nebraska woman’s car and using homemade chloroform, duct tape and zip ties to abduct a woman has pleaded not guilty to kidnapping and other charges.
Scott County Attorney Mike Walton said Dinkins kidnapped the 10-year-old girl and shot her to death.
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