Articles Tagged: Linn County Sheriff’s Office

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.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office said that a red Chevrolet Silverado was driving at a high rate of speed and erratically northbound on Highway 13 from Highway 30.

A 15-year-old boy has died from injuries he sustained Monday when he became trapped by a skid loader as a man was using it to move a hay bale on a farm in rural Marion, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

A Marion man who is charged with killing four people with a metal pipe in June told law enforcement that “he felt better after this and the pain in his head was no longer there,” according to an unsealed search warrant. Detectives found him sitting on a sidewalk near the crime scene when they arrived.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has released the identity of the person who was killed Saturday in a UTV crash in rural Linn County.

The injuries to the individual are not life-threatening, according to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

The residents told Linn County sheriff’s deputies they they did not know the man who showed up at their house, who was seriously injured.

A Central City man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a motorcycle crash Wednesday night in rural Linn County, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.

One person was found injured with a gunshot wound early Wednesday morning in Linn County’s Morgan Creek Park, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.