Trish Mehaffey

Three assistant Linn County prosecutors suggested the change in the law.

Two men and one juvenile charged in weekend Iowa City bar fight, where three people were stabbed. Videos from witnesses aided police in making identifications of the suspects.

The Iowa FOI Council is suing the Centerville Community School District for not complying with the Openings Meeting Acts when its board approved a resignation from a counselor, head baseball coach and child abuse investigator for the district who had been accused of inappropriate behavior with a student.

Another trial delay for Cedar Rapids man accused of robbing and fatally beating his 71-year-old mother in 2020. Police said he assaulted her for $50.

One of murder trial for Kazius Childress, accused of fatally shooting two men in 2022 within hours of each other, has been reset to Jan. 16. If convicted of both, he faces two life sentences.

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.