Articles Tagged: Linn County Sheriff’s Office

A woman being held at the Linn County Correctional Center died Thursday morning from an unknown medical emergency.

Linn County Jail inmates who had their sentences postponed in March 2020 in response to COVID-19 have been returning to the jail to finish serving their time.

First District Rep. Ashely Hinson selected Linn County Sheriff's Deputy Will Halverson to be her virtual guest for the president’s annual report to Congress. Halverson was shot in the line of duty while responding to a robbery in Coggon last year.

Four people were rescued after being trapped when a grain bin filled with corn ruptured outside of Mount Vernon Friday morning.

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.

Cedar Rapids inmate escapes sheriff’s medical transport Tuesday, assaults deputy, steals SUV and leads authorities on a short chase before being arrested.

Elijah D. O. Morse, 26, allegedly kicked in the door of a Hiawatha residence and took the resident’s phone, according to a criminal complaint.

A Cedar Rapids woman was charged with first degree theft after Linn County Sheriff’s deputies discovered her to be in possession of a stolen vehicle while intoxicated.

Brandon W. Lee, 33, was taken into custody without incident at about 1:15 p.m. at 2429 Reynolds Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a home invasion in which Coggon homeowners were allegedly physically assaulted.

Deputy asserted he faced harassment from co-workers due to him taking parental leave to care for a newborn son.

A northbound SUV driver struck a northbound bicyclist on Linn Benton Road, according to a news release.

Shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday, deputies, a sheriff’s rescue team, the Central City Fire Department and Area Ambulance Service responded to a call of a crash near 5006 Red School Road.

Last week at a hearing, Geralyn Jones said wives signed for their husbands on her nomination papers to appear on the Nov. 2 ballot.

A male driver and female passenger were pronounced dead at the scene.