Articles Tagged: Robberies

UI police arrested an 18-year-old Tuesday, charging he strangled a woman on the UI campus until she lost consciousness and then stole her earrings, valued at $20,000.

The crime was a home invasion robbery in Cedar Rapids in which a gun was fired.

Robbery took place on New Year’s Day

Two armed Waterloo men are accused of pistol whipping a Marion man in order to steal his drugs. They repeatedly struck the man in the head, causing serious injury, police said.

Judge rules one of the Iowa City teens accused of robbing a person at credit union ATM last year will remain in district court because there’s not enough time for rehabilitation before his 18th birthday, when juvenile court would release him.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly breaking into another man’s residence and ambushing him to steal his wallet.

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.

The criminal complaint said her boyfriend shot the man in his torso during a drug deal

A Cedar Rapids man who forced his way into a Coggon couple’s home by impersonating an officer and then assaulted them as he demanded they take him to a safe in their home, was formally charged Thursday. If convicted, he faces up to 82 years in prison.

Brandon W. Lee, 33, was taken into custody without incident at about 1:15 p.m. at 2429 Reynolds Ave. SW in Cedar Rapids.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested and jailed Sunday on suspicion of robbery after he entered a home with a loaded handgun, demanding marijuana from the residents, according to a Linn County criminal complaint.

Chicago man charged with shooting deputy after robbing Coggon convenience story asks court to move trial because of pretrial publicity and sever a charge to avoid prejudice because he is a felon.

A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man is facing felony robbery and trafficking of stolen weapons charges after Iowa City police say he robbed someone at a Kum & Go near the University of Iowa campus in the early morning hours of Oct. 3.

At about 3 p.m., Yevette A. Bradley, 49, of West Des Moines, approached the bank counter and gave the Coralville teller a handwritten note demanding money, and threatening murder if her demand was not met, according to a criminal complaint.

Appeals court upholds involuntary medication for a Cedar Rapids man charged with fatal robbery of cabdriver in 2011 but now, defendant asks U.S. Supreme Court to review appeal decision.