All three brothers charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2024 death of another brother, who was tied to a mattress for days and died of “starvation and dehydration,” will be tried together in February 2026.
Marion police investigators testified Friday about how traffic cameras and cellphone data helped them piece together what happened to Melody Hoffman, who was kidnapped and killed in February 2024.
Prosecutor, during his opening, says Dakota Van Patten and McKinley Louisma couldn’t have beaten, tortured and killed a 20-year-old Marion woman without the other.
Iowa students are beginning their second school year under a new Iowa law that defines chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent of days in a grading period. During the first year of the law, the majority of charges for truancy were dismissed in Linn and Johnson counties as families made an effort to improve their child’s school attendance.
A Linn County jury deliberated over two hours before convicting an 18-year-old of sexually abusing three children over the course of two years. The three girls, who are sisters, testified he threatened to kill them and another of their siblings if they disclosed the abuse.
A Cedar Rapids man was convicted Tuesday for sexually abusing a teen 19 years ago. Sex abuse cases have no statute of limitations in Iowa. The woman, as a 30-year-old, reported the repeated abuse to police in 2022.
Two of the men convicted in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018 sat in a Linn County courtroom two weeks ago and spoke to Bagley’s heartbroken parents and siblings, who have been searching for answers about how — and why — their loved one was killed more than six years ago.
A Cedar Rapids man, already convicted in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018, testified in court Friday that Bagley and Andrew Shaw were friends until Bagley started robbing, extorting him. Shaw is on trial for first-degree murder and other charges related to Bagley’s murder.
“The why” as to fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley on Dec. 14, 2018 is one man, Andrew Shaw, a Linn County prosecutor said Thursday. Bagley had become a “liability” and Shaw is accused of paying two men to carry out his fatal stabbing.
A newly created position for a prosecutor with the Linn County Attorney’s Office will focus on lower level felony crimes - where offenders have the best chance for a resolution without prison time. The position will also help lower caseloads for others prosecuting violent crimes.
The trial for Logan Kimpton, accused of helping his roommate and another man kidnap, torture and strangle a Marion woman in 2024, has been reset.
Mother of Brittany Hopkins, who was beaten to death by a Cedar Rapids man in February, said her daughter was a “bright and vibrant” woman, despite her mental and physical disabilities. She was loving mother to her three children and was looking forward to the birth of her son, who also died as a result of Hopkins’ murder.
The man facing a first-degree murder charge in connection with the 1983 death of Ronald Novak placed himself at the home where the death occurred, a criminal complaint released Saturday shows.
A Marion man who crashed into a vehicle, causing injuries to a woman that ended her pregnancy, is now facing indecent contact charges. He is accused of exposing himself to one child and having inappropriate contact with another.
The University of Iowa College of Law Prosecutor Intern Program has created a pipeline for future prosecutors and judges across the state. It’s a unique program that allows students to prosecute simple misdemeanors. Some even get the opportunity to work with a county attorney on a felony trial.
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