A judge Tuesday sentenced Alfred Younes, 49, to five years in prison for helping his son, Ali Younes, 20, avoid prosecution for robbery and trying to kill a woman last year on the UI campus and escape to Jordan. His wife also was sentenced to five years for helping their son.
A Storm Lake man, who kidnapped his wife by gunpoint and led police on a foot pursuit through an Iowa City parking ramp last year, pleaded to guilty Wednesday and faces 40 years in prison. His trial was set to start next Tuesday.
A Storm Lake man accused of kidnapping his wife by gunpoint and planning to take her to Chicago last December was convicted Sept. 26 for assaulting another inmate in the Johnson County Jail in July. His trial for kidnapping is set for Oct. 24.
A Cedar Rapids man previously convicted for two robberies, who committed his third while on work release, was sentenced to another 10 years.
A jury convicted an Iowa City woman who helped her son escape prosecution for robbing and attempting to kill a woman in 2022. Lima faces up to 5 years in prison.
A lawyer of a man accused of attempted murder and robbery, testified Wednesday that his client’s mother was well aware of his bail conditions and the seriousness of the charges. Investigators say she misled them in their investigation to find her son.
An investigator testifies mother of man charged with attempted murder, robbery mislead police about his whereabouts, helping him escape the country.
Lamont’e O’Neal, 20, is in custody in Cook County, Ill., on unrelated charges and will be extradited later to face charges in Johnson County, police said.
An Iowa City teenager was arrested this week on charges he robbed a liquor store at gunpoint last week for vape pens.
Liquor Downtown, 315 S. Gilbert St., was robbed at 9:03 p.m. Wednesday
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week, accused of robbing a juvenile at gunpoint June 13
An Iowa City man, who is accused of attacking, choking and robbing a woman on UI campus last year, remains a international fugitive after cutting off his ankle monitor last month and fleeing to Jordan.
A federal jury convicts a Cedar Rapids man for seven armed robberies in a 12-day crime spree in 2020. He robbed Subways, grocery stores and a pizza place.
A criminal complaint for Lima Khairi Mohammad Younes, 45, of Sutherland, Iowa, reveals how she and her husband, Alfred Younes, sold one of their vehicles for $20,000 on May 3 and then rented a Chrysler Pacifica to take their son, Ali Younes, charged with attempted murder, first-degree robbery and first-degree theft, to O’Hare Airport in Chicago
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