Trish Mehaffey

The father told investigators had been thinking about it for days and was “trying to decide” if and how to kill the child, a complaint shows. He is claiming insanity.

A judge reset trial for Hiawatha man accused of conspiracy in the kidnapping, torture and strangulation of 20-year-old Melody Hoffman in February 2024.

A judge resets a trial that was set to start next week in a dispute over a prosecution report. A Cedar Rapids woman is accused of being drunk and crashing head-on into a motorcycle in October 2023, killing the cyclist.

A judge said Wednesday he won’t put a temporary hold on a state license for a Cedar Rapids casino, but said Linn County ballot language to allow gambling in the county may have “caused confusion in the mind of the voters.“

A Cedar Rapids woman accused of trafficking a Dubuque teen in May 2024 had pleaded to amended and lesser charges and was sentenced to up to eight years in prison. She provided testimony against a Hiawatha man convicted of human trafficking a Dubuque teen.

A Maquoketa teen who conspired with three other teens to kill 16-year-old Michael McCune in Cedar Rapids in February 2023, was sentenced to 32 years in prison. There is no mandatory minimum.

The former chief executive officer of a Vinton hospital -- who worked there only a month last year before being indicted on federal charges for defrauding another former employer of over $3.2 million -- was sentenced last week to over three years in prison.

A Cedar Rapids man who was found with a body in his stalled car on I-80 in 2023 was sentenced to 55 years in prison in Poweshiek County District Court.

A Cedar Rapids police officer disciplined after refusing to have his picture taken for a photo display at headquarters appealed his case against the city up to the Iowa Supreme Court — and lost when justices said Friday his rights weren’t violated.

A University of Iowa police detective said an Iowa City man created social media profile of him using personal information, including his spouse’s name, and used “hateful discriminating language” that he would never use.

A Cedar Rapids man who took a gun his stepson used to fatally shoot a DoorDash delivery driver and then concealed it from police after the shooting, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday in Linn County District Court.

A former Iowa City West High School paraeducator pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a student. He would meet her near the school during the day and take her to a residence in Coralville for sexual contact. He faces up to 5 years, but will ask for a deferred judgment and probation.

A Cedar Rapids mother, tearing up and sobbing throughout her victim impact statement, listed the graphic injuries her infant suffered at the hands his father.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years for armed robbery of a Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust branch in January 2024. Victims say they will never forget the “horrific” day and they still are dealing with the trauma.

A Cedar Rapids man who was intoxicated when he drove off an embankment and crashed into a motorcyclist on Interstate 380, killing him, was found guilty Monday by a Linn County jury of vehicular homicide and other charges.