A federal judge ordered Drew Blahnik, who changed his name to Johnny Church after he was convicted of killing Chris Bagley, to be moved to federal custody for a trial on his pending gun and drug charge.
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The man convicted of fatally stabbing Chris Bagley will represent himself in his drug trial April 19. He is already serving up 57 years in prison in the murder.
A Cedar Rapids man who called 911 Saturday to report a woman's “heroin overdose” has been charged with murder after police found the woman with what appeared to be blunt force head trauma, according to a criminal complaint.
The trial for Joshua Conklin, who is charged with fatally shooting Randal Campbell in 2019 and then staging it to look like a suicide, had been set to start in May.
Des Moines police arrested four more teenagers on charges of murder Tuesday in the March 7 shooting death of a 15-year-old outside a Des Moines high school.
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds Tipton woman’s conviction for killing her cheating boyfriend with a baseball bat in 1992 cold case. She was convicted in 2019, 27 years after West Liberty man was beaten to death.
Johnnie Osborne, 28, avoided a possible life sentence Thursday by pleading guilty to lesser charges for killing his pregnant girlfriend and causing the death of her unborn child nearly two years ago.
The second of two Fairfield teens charged with killing their Spanish teacher has filed an appeal, asking the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a district judge’s rulings. The judge has suspended the case pending the appeal resolution.
Judge halts proceedings for one of the Fairfield teens accused in the killing of a Spanish high school teacher with a baseball bat after his lawyer appealed recent rulings to the Iowa Supreme Court.
A $1 million cash-only bond has been set for a Decorah man accused of fatally shooting his father.
Lawyers for Fairfield teens charged with killing a Spanish teacher argued a reverse waiver hearing shouldn’t be open to the public because confidential documents will be used as evidence. That information could be prejudice to the teens and prevent a fair trial.
New Court TV series with Tamron Hall will feature the murder of Ed Thomas, the legendary Aplington/Parkersburg High School football coach, March 27
Authorities arrested six teenagers, including a 14-year-old, in a shooting outside a school that killed a 15-year-old boy and seriously wounded two teenage girls, Des Moines police said Tuesday. The suspects are each charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder
An Iowa City man was sentenced last week to up to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting others in a drug and money robbery that led to the death of Kejuan Winters, 21, of Iowa City, on April 20, 2020.
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