The use of cameras by law enforcement to automatically scan license plates and record vehicle information in an online database was limited in Eastern Iowa just a few years ago. But in recent years, the cameras have become a hot button issue on city council agendas across Linn and Johnson counties.
One person died and two people were injured in a house fire in Fairfax early Sunday morning.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a person of interest in a disturbance that left one person with serious but not life-threatening injuries early Wednesday morning in Center Point.
A judge will allow part of the confession of a Marion man accused of bludgeoning 4 people with a metal bar in June of 2024. His statements made to law enforcement regarding motive and details won’t be allowed at trial because he wasn’t read Miranda rights at that time.
A man was arrested Monday on charges that he shot a 12-year-old boy in the head with bird shot after he saw movement in a row of bushes and thought the child was a groundhog.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has determined the deaths of two people in April at a mobile home park in Springville were both suicides.
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.
An Anamosa man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for causing a fatal crash in February 2023 in Springville. He was intoxicated and crashed into a vehicle driven by a Springville man, who was only about a mile from his home.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two adults found dead Wednesday at a mobile home park near Springville, but has not said yet how they died.
Two people were found dead Wednesday in mobile home outside of Springville when the Linn County Sheriff’s Office responded to a welfare check, according to a news release.
A Grimes man being held in the Linn County Jail after an 11-hour standoff with police in February over a stolen dog attempted to escape custody Tuesday by attacking the deputies who were transporting him and another inmate to a dentist appointment, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
A Marion man wants his confession tossed out because investigators violated his rights. Investigators didn’t read his rights until 40 minutes into his statement, according to motion to suppress.
Songs, chants and prayers rose up from in front of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in southwest Cedar Rapids Tuesday morning as community members gathered in the cold to rally in support of immigrants visiting the office for their required check-ins with federal immigration officials.
Defense for Marion man says a fair and impartial jury can’t be selected in Linn County because the pretrial publicity. The news articles and coverage has reported unsubstantiated information. Prosecution argues news articles have been accurate and reported facts in the case taken from criminal complaints and court documents.
A sport utility vehicle traveling the wrong way on Highway 13 southeast of Marion on Friday night struck a passenger car and killed one its passengers, authorities said.
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