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A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual abuse of a 13-year-old and another girl under 12. One of the victims also was sexually abused by his brother in 2020.

Barclay Woerner is running for the Cedar Rapids School Board as an at-large candidate. He is not an incumbent. Here are his answers to a survey we sent to all of the candidates.

A Cedar Rapids man was convicted of sexually assaulting a child over the course of three months in 2020. His brother was convicted in August of sexually abusing same victim and a teen.

In court filings, prosecutors alleged Justin Mezera “amassed a collection of child pornography that included more than 15,000 images and more than 800 videos of child pornography.”

Matthew Jason Manos, 39, also is charged with sexually abusing an adult woman.

A former University of Iowa music professor has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for charges of conspiracy to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine that resulted in the death of a victim, and possessing child pornography.

A look back at the top news stories from the week of July 24

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A Cedar Rapids woman was nabbed by a federal task force officer in a private chat after she sent videos to him. She later admitted to investigators that she produced the child porn.

Criminal penalties increase for several charges that involve Iowa’s most vulnerable — pregnant women and children.