Articles Tagged: Theft

Cody M. Hughes, 29, faces a first-degree theft charge after the Coralville Police Department said he entered a vehicle the driver left running while picking up a to-go order at Mellow Mushroom.

A Cedar Rapids man was found passed out in a stolen vehicle at a Marion park before fleeing from officers and breaking into a Cedar Rapids home while armed with a rifle, according to a Linn County criminal complaint.

Cedar Rapids police say the man stole over $10,000 worth of copper from the abandoned Colonial Centre building.

Police said Beard used a can of white spray paint to cover decals on the truck and had attempted to alter the license plate.

The man was on his way to Florida, he said. Police said he was in a stolen car.

Eddie Tipton, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit theft by rigging computers to win jackpots for himself, friends and family is suing the state of Iowa, claiming he was pressured four years ago to plead guilty to crimes he did not commit.

A St. Louis man stole an SUV at The Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids and later was arrested by Missouri officers following a high-speed chase, according to a criminal complaint.

Darryl Minniefield Jr., 34, is facing a first-degree theft charge for attempting to steal a $47,000 car from Carousel Preowned in Iowa City.

Nathan Goad, 37, is accused of stealing items worth more than $10,000 and selling them at a pawn shop.

A judge has found a Des Moines activist guilty of a felony theft count for taking a police flyer used to identify protesters from an officer’s back pocket during a protest last year.

Former Mason City church records keeper who stole over $270,000 from general and memorial accounts from 2015 through January 2019 was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison.

Soap dispensers, signs, lunch trays and garbage cans are going missing from schools across the country as students follow a TikTok trend that encourages thefts or “devious licks.”

Police said 19-year-old Caleb Solomon walked into Best Buy in northeast Cedar Rapids and concealed multiple Apple product floor models on his person and walked out of the store without paying.

An 18-year-old faces multiple charges after police said he allegedly burglarized two businesses, and stole more than $10,000 worth of items.

Marion man will spend 1 year in federal prison for stealing pistol last year when he worked at Fleet Farm. The incident was captured on store video.