Trish Mehaffey

A judge gave an Iowa City teen a deferred judgment and three years probation in an armed robbery last year. The conviction could be expunged if the 18-year-old if he doesn’t have serious violations in the future.

A Cedar Rapids man charged with killing one woman at Taboo Nightclub in April will now face more charges because the other victim shot has died.

He admitted he and others distributed 50 grams or more of pure methamphetamine

A Pottawattamie County man was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for illegally selling performance-enhancing drugs for racing dogs. He also had to forfeit over $500,000 in drug proceeds.

Judge resets trial for Jeremy Goodale to Dec. 5 in Scott County. Goodale is one of the Fairfield teens accused of killing his Spanish teacher with a baseball bat last year.

A former Tama County jailer has been charged with having sex with an inmate. A complaint states the deputy and offender had sex in a utility closet and the recreation yard.

Two people have been indicted for marijuana robbery and illegally possessing firearms. One of the defendants was initially charged in state court for firing 24 rounds into a building last month.

A Cedar Rapids man charged with attempting to kill a man in 2020 has been found incompetent to stand trial. He will be sent to a Coralville state hospital for treatment to restore competency.

The trial for a 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man, accused of fatally shooting his parents and sister in 2021, will begin in January 2023.

A former state trooper charged with using unreasonable force against a Davenport motorcyclist in 2017 will be retried Oct. 11 in federal court. His trial last week was declared a mistrial when jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict.

Linn County jury convicts Cedar Rapids man on four counts of sexual assault. He assaulted a 15-year-old girl multiple times in 2019.

A federal judge on Friday declared a mistrial for a former state trooper who was charged with using unreasonable force causing injury against a Davenport motorcyclist in 2017. Jurors told the judge they could not reach a unanimous verdict.

Anastasia Basquin, the county’s chief victim liasison, proposed that sexual assault defendants go before a magistrate before making bail, so a no-contact order could be issued protecting the victim.

A Cedar Rapids man posed as a police officer to get inside an older Coggon couple’s home and then robbed their safe by threatening them with a gun and assaulting them.

A former state trooper testified Wednesday that his use of force — drawing a gun and using a open palm strike — on a Davenport man in 2017 was reasonable because he had safety concerns after a high speed chase. A video of the stop showed to the jury showed the man was compliant after stopping, but the ex-trooper had a different perception of the incident.