Articles Tagged: kidnapping

A Storm Lake man accused of kidnapping his wife by gunpoint and planning to take her to Chicago last December was convicted Sept. 26 for assaulting another inmate in the Johnson County Jail in July. His trial for kidnapping is set for Oct. 24.

Henry Earl Dinkins, 51, was found guilty of first-degree murder and kidnapping in the death of Breasia Terrell, who was missing for eight months before her remains were found in a pond.

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.

A man from Mystic, Iowa was arrested in Cedar Rapids Friday on charges that he held his girlfriend and their infant son captive in a room with a knife.

A proposed bill would prevent earned or good time credit from being applied to mandatory mininums for habitual, repeat and violent offenders.

A man was charged with kidnapping Monday after a stand-off with police in an Iowa City parking garage, which ended when the man shot himself, according to police.

A Mount Vernon man was arrested this weekend on charges that he locked a woman in her own home at knife point and attempted to sexually assault her.

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.