Drew Blahnik, convicted of killing Chris Bagley in 2018, wants a new trial, claiming one of the jurors, a Marion bar manager, knew Bagley or Blahnik. Prosecutor says there’s no evidence, just an allegation of a bartender who didn’t totally recall what she said.
Trial for Cedar Rapids teen charged with stabbing parents with knife and ax is set for Feb. 8 in Linn County District Court.
Ethan Alexander Orton, the 17-year-old Cedar Rapids resident accused of killing both his parents on Oct. 14, has entered not guilty pleas to two counts of first-degree murder.
Two southeast Iowa teenagers charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the death of their high school Spanish teacher pleaded not guilty in arraignment documents filed Monday.
There are 21 pending murder cases in Linn, Johnson counties, mainly due to the pandemic. Prosecutors estimate it will take several years to reduce the entire backlog created in 2020 and this year.
Two Fairfield teens charged with killing a Spanish teacher ask a judge to lower their $1million bail to $100,000. Prosecution asks to double it to $2 million. The judge will make ruling next week.
Willard Noble Chaiden Miller and Jeremy Everett Goodale, both 16 and charged with conspiracy to kill Nohema Graber, a Fairfield High School Spanish teacher, are in court Tuesday seeking to reduce their $1 million cash-only bail.
Marshawn Jeffries, 18, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded to obstruction of prosecution and intimidation with a dangerous weapon in the death of University of Iowa student Malik Sheets. He faces five years in prison.
Trial for the 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally shooting his parents and sister will not happen in January. Evidence reports are still outstanding and depositions haven’t started.
A jury found Steven Vogel, 32, of Grinnell, guilty of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse in the death of Michael Williams, 44, whose body was found burning in a rural Jasper County ditch on Sept. 16, 2020.
An Iowa City man, who attempted to kill himself by crashing into another vehicle, but instead killed a Texas man, was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison.
Christian Emedi of Cedar Rapids pleads to lesser charge in fatal shooting of Malik Sheets, 20, on June 18, 2020. Christian Emedi faces 15 years in prison.
Attorneys for two 16-year-olds accused of killing a Fairfield High School Spanish teacher last week are asking a judge to reduce their bail, suggesting the court could order GPS monitoring and set other conditions to ensure the two appear in court.
One of the teens charged with fatally shooting Malik Sheets last summer has a tentative plea deal in the works. Marshawn Jeffries, charged with first-degree murder and obstruction of prosecution, will likely plead to lesser charges.
Davenport man sentenced to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a Moline man in the parking lot of a Cedar Rapids convenience store in 2019.
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