Trish Mehaffey

A judge delayed a trial pending since April 2021 because prosecutors turned over what could be new evidence to defense just days before trial was to begin this week in Johnson County District Court. Prosecutors believed it had already been shared with defense but they received some of the information from police in a different format.

A psychologist said a Cedar Rapids man who tried to kill his ex-wife didn’t have the mental capacity to waive his rights when he confessed to police investigators.

Linn County asks the court to dismiss the lawsuit against it, Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks and an assistant prosecutor, citing the alleged claims are vague and lacking law violations.

An Iowa City man, who had a cardiac arrest during the City High Homecoming Parade in September, said he was lucky to have an officer with a paramedic background to save him. He will “never forget him.”

This year’s annual sock drive at the Johnson County Courthouse was dedicated to the memory of Kim Kurth, a court reporter for 33 years who’d retired in May and died of cancer in November. A record number of socks have been collected for donation to Iowa City nonprofits.

A Bremer women who declared bankruptcy concealed $147,000 inheritance from her creditors was sentenced to 2 months in federal prison. A trustee discovered she had received the inheritance and she was required to pay her creditors.

Wilton man who solicited underage girls for sex online and sent them child porn was sentenced to over 17 years in federal prison. Two adult women posed as teens and were sent graphic photos by the man and admitted to soliciting them because he thought they were minors.

Trial for Andrew Shaw, accused of hiring two men to kill Chris Bagley in 2018, has been bumped to Jan. 23. Shaw had demanded his speedy right to trial.

Judge Fae Hoover will take early retirement next month after serving 20 years on the bench and 34 years overall in the legal profession. She says 20 years is “long enough” on the bench and she is ready to step aside for the next generation.

Two Missouri residents are charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Shawn William Michael Kiger, 31, of Cedar Rapids, whose body was found in rural southeast Missouri this week. Kiger’s hands were bound behind his back and a sock was stuffed in his mouth.

A judge set a competency hearing for a 4-year-old child who a Coralville man is accused of sexually abusing. Jeffrey Dodds’ trial is set for March 19.

A Marion man will go to trial next month, after several delays, for kidnapping and sexual assault of a woman in 2021. His other charges of assault in two separate cases have been resolved through plea agreements.

Shelter House opens its winter emergency shelter with 40 beds, which were filled the first night it opened last week. Officials hope it’s because they have been spreading the word but are worried it may because the need is greater this year. .

A trespass charge was dropped Tuesday against a 92-year-old West Branch farmer accused of driving around barricades and through wet concrete on Herbert Hoover Highway. The highway damage was estimated at over $366,000.

A Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally stabbing Devonna Walker will ask the court to move his trial out of Linn County. His trial is set to start March 24.