Articles Tagged: Theft

A Florida man is facing charges in Linn County, Iowa that he scammed a Marion woman out of $20,000 by telling her it was needed for her grandson who was in jail.

He and others worked together to forge and cash more than $13,000 worth of checks, with help from people recruited from homeless shelters and food banks, criminal complaints state.

Two people were arrested Tuesday on charges that they forged multiple fake checks and used them to steal more than $25,000 from their Iowa City employer.

A 19-year-old Maquoketa man pleaded to theft and conspiracy charges for his participation in the fatal shooting of Michael McCune, 16, of Cedar Rapids, on Feb. 18, 2023. He faces up to 32 years in this case and a separate theft conviction.

A Tama man was arrested Monday and charged with stealing a firearm after the Tama County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a man armed with an AR-15 style rifle threatening to kill family members.

An Iowa City man who orchestrated a check writing scheme was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He would deposit fraudulent checks in others’ accounts and the coconspirators would withdraw money before the checks bounced, records show.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Tuesday on a charge that he stole almost $20,000 from his neighbor, who has dementia.

Thieves made off with $18B in merchandise last year

A Marion man was arrested Friday on charges that he stole more than $100,000 from his elderly mother while he was acting as her caregiver.

Brian Busch, a former University of Iowa employee, who was the subject of an Iowa State Auditor report last month, faces a variety of charges.

A Cedar Rapids man was arrested this week on charges that he stole more than $130,000 worth of copper and motor windings from a company that rebuilds locomotive motors in southwest Cedar Rapids.

Multiple people were arrested this week on charges of conspiracy and money laundering after police say they worked together to steal more than $60,000 from an Iowa City bank.

A former treasurer of the Iowa City Girls Softball Association was convicted of a lesser charge for embezzling nearly $30,000 from the organization. She set up a new account in an attempt to conceal the discrepancies and withdrawals of cash.

A Waterloo man was arrested this week on charges that he stole almost $16,000 from a North Liberty hotel while he worked as a general manager there.

A woman was arrested Friday in Linn County on charges that she stole $18,100 from two different women whose identities she stole.