A North Liberty man was arrested Tuesday in Linn County on charges that he assaulted a woman in Center Point and attempted to sexually abuse her. He was sentenced this week to 100 years in two other rapes, and faces trial in Johnson County for another rape.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Monday on charges that he attempted to rob another man at knife point in the parking lot of the Kirkwood Rec Center.
Jamercion Bush, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree robbery, going armed with intent, felon in possession of a firearm and use of a dangerous weapon in the commission of a crime.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that happened Tuesday morning at a Wendy’s, according to a news release from the department.
An Iowa City woman and her teenage daughter were arrested this weekend after police say the teen stabbed a gas station employee who owed her money.
A grieving mother told a woman who helped plan the robbery of her son and then helped his shooter after the crime was someone the family had trusted and had considered a friend .
A judge this week ordered Iowa parents, who were convicted of helping their son flee to Jordan to escape prosecution for attempted murder and other charges last year, to forfeit more than $11,000 in their bank account because it was used in the crime.
Ali Younes, 21, who fled the country to avoid prosecution for attempted murder and robbery of a woman in 2022, was extradited from Chicago over the weekend after self-surrendering last week. He was charged with an additional charge of escape from custody on Tuesday in Johnson County District Court.
A Cedar Rapids woman faces up to 12 years in prison for her role in fatal robbery of Cordal Lewis on Jan. 27, 2022. She helped the shooter, Kazius Childress, escape the scene and concealed his whereabouts.
An Iowa City man who fled to Jordan in 2023 to avoid prosecution for attempted murder voluntarily surrendered to Chicago Police with help of UI Police and the U.S. Embassy in Jordan.
Surveillance videos revealed more information of a masked armed robbery suspect, including a sinister clown tattoo on his leg, which helped police identify him last month. He is accused of robbing Kum & Go on Blairs Ferry Road in May.
Pierra Baugh, 34, of Cedar Rapids, pleads to lesser charges in the robbery and murder of Cordal Lewis, 19, in January 2022. She admitted to the planning and carrying out the robbery of Lewis with Kazius Childress, who fataly shot Lewis and was convicted in January.
A man was arrested Tuesday after crashing his car in a Marion neighborhood where police say he robbed multiple people at gunpoint.
Two Cedar Rapids men were arrested Tuesday on charges that they robbed a man at gunpoint Monday.
Parents who helped their son flee to Jordan to avoid prosecution for trying to kill a woman and rob her in 2022, received early release from the Iowa Board of Parole in May. They each served less than a year of 5-year sentences.
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