Trish Mehaffey

A Cedar Rapids man was convicted by a Washington D.C. jury Tuesday on seven charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. He faces at least one felony which carries up to 20 years in prison.

Iowa City man, charged with attempted murder and robbery, fled to Jordan after cutting off GPS monitor over the weekend. His parents have been charged with aiding in the escape.

A North Liberty man could face life in prison if a judge stacks all or some of the 40 counts of second-degree sexual abuse. He waived a jury trial and opted to have a stipulated trial based on the minutes of testimony. Each charge carries 25 years in prison.

A judge sentenced Stanley Donahue, who shot a deputy during a 2021 Casey’s robbery in Coggon, 92 years in prison. In announcing his decision, the judge noted Donahue’s lack of remorse and the long term effects to the deputy and two store clerks who were forced into a cooler.

The City of Marion has filed a petition asking the court to deem a dilapidated building on Seventh Avenue, which has become an “eyesore” to the recently-completed $6.9 million streetscape and plaza project, as abandoned property and grant the property title to the city.

Judge denies new trial for Chicago man convicted for shooting deputy during Casey’s robbery in 2021. He will be sentenced Friday and faces up to 107 years in prison.

A Cedar Rapids man who attempted to rob a marijuana dealer and fired 24 rounds into an apartment building in 2021 was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.

Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks reviews eluding cases after noticing big increase in these potentially dangerous situations that usually lead police on high speed chases.

A third teen was arrested Friday in connection with the Feb. 18 fatal shooting in northwest Cedar Rapids of 16-year-old Michael Alexander McCune, who died from eight gunshot wounds.

The Iowa Supreme Court has granted further review of a Marion man’s overturned murder conviction in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley in 2018. Oral arguments will likely be in September.

There are 66 pending sexual abuse cases in Linn County, but prosecutors and advocates don’t think the crimes are sharply increasing. They believe more are being reported and these cases take longer going through the court process, specifically the ones involving children.

A Linn County jury finds a Cedar Rapids man guilty of a lesser charge, voluntary manslaughter, for beating 22-year-old woman with a metal rod. Prosecutor says this was a ‘brutal and unjustified“ killing.

The Iowa City Downtown District launches its rewards program that gives points to redeem for discounts, free products, rewards and inside perks.

Arthur Flowers, during a police interview, denied killing Emily Leonard on April 2, 2022. He says he was sound asleep in his bathtub — inches away from where Leonard’s body was found — but he didn’t hear or see anything.

Emily Leonard was struck multiple times in the head with a linear or rounded object -- possibly a metal rod, a state medical examiner testified Friday. The blows were made a different angles and she would have died shortly after being attacked.