Articles Tagged: 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.

A man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of first-degree murder in relation to a fatal shooting at a Marion bar on St. Patrick’s Day, according to a news release from the Marion Police Department.

A Marion teen was arrested Monday on charges that he beat up his girlfriend then asked a friend to help dispose of her body, thinking she had died.

Theodore “Ted” Wolf, 83, was last seen driving a red 2018 Ford Edge Titanium. He left his home Jan. 16 without his cellphone, and would have been headed toward Lisbon, via Highway 13 and Highway 30, for an appointment.

Mother of Marion man on trial for murder says she suspected he killed his girlfriend and concealed it in a roll of carpet after seeing it on a trailer in her driveway.

The attack took place in April 2021 at an apartment complex in Marion. His trial will now be scheduled.

The Marion Police Department and Hiawatha Police Department together will be spending more than $1 million over the next few years on a more efficient records management system.