Articles Tagged: Marion Police Department

Marion police investigators testify about traffic camers and cell tower locations used to track Hiawath man and his co-conspirator accused of kidnapping and killing Marion woman on in February.

A Marion father strangled to death his 5 year-old son after staying up most of the night contemplating how he would kill him. One way was using knives, which police found during a search of the home.

Marion police are investigating an attack early Thursday in which a man was injured by a person armed with a knife.

A Cedar Rapids man who police say was driving 116 mph on Highway 100 through Marion last month before crashing broadside into a minivan now faces multiple traffic citations.

A Lisbon man was taken by emergency helicopter to the hospital Friday morning after his motorcycle collided with a Subaru on Highway 100, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

A man was arrested Tuesday morning after a two hour standoff with police at a Marion apartment building, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

A Marion man was arrested Monday on charges that he robbed a Marion gas station at gunpoint in May.

Police in Marion are asking for the public’s help identifying a person who is accused of using a gun to rob a Kum & Go early Saturday morning.

Family and friends gathered in Marion Thursday night for a candlelight vigil to commemorate the life of Melody Hoffman, a 20-year-old Marion woman who police say was kidnapped and murdered over the weekend.

The Marion Police Department released an online transparency hub last month called Resident Connect which allows community members to see what types of calls the police department and fire department respond to each day and the general area where the calls came from.

A Marion man was arrested after a four-hour standoff with police last weekend on charges that he threatened police with a firearm when they came to his apartment to investigate a domestic dispute.

One person was injured Saturday in what appeared to be a targeted shooting at Hannah Park in Marion.

Law enforcement agencies across Iowa and across the country have been seeing application numbers decrease for years, and in the last couple of years the change has been even more noticeable.

The Marion City Council unanimously voted Thursday to continue discussions surrounding a proposed ordinance that would allow the city to put up traffic cameras at certain intersections.

A Cedar Rapids man arrested Wednesday on murder charges started a verbal fight with the victim and punched him before fatally shooting him at a Marion bar earlier this month, according to a criminal complaint.