Trish Mehaffey

A Cedar Rapids man who illegally purchased firearms while being a drug user was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison

A Cedar Rapids man was accused of assaulting and threatening to shoot a woman and her child. Authorities said he pointed a gun at the 8-year-old, saying he was going to “finish him off.”

Johnnie Osborne was sentenced Friday to 50 years in prison for killing his girlfriend and causing the death of her unborn child on May 1, 2020. Family members called him a “monster” for taking their 25-year-old daughter, sister and friend from them.

The second Fairfield teen accused of killing a high school Spanish teacher will stay in adult court, judge rules Thursday. The judge cited a lack of time in juvenile system for rehab.

A district judge declared a mistrial for a Cedar Rapids woman charged with fatally stabbing her boyfriend in 2020. A potential juror said she had previous interaction with Jacqueline Holmes, the defendant.

A judge ruled Wednesday the case for one of the teens charged with killing his Spanish teacher with a baseball bat will not be moved to juvenile court.

A judge last month dismissed a theft charge against a Burlington contractor accused of taking money from four homeowners for derecho repairs but never doing the work, ruling prosecutors missed a crucial deadline.

Kyler Carson, 18, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded to lesser charges and received probation in a 2020 fatal shooting. He shot Andrew Gaston, 18, as Gaston and his cousin attempted to rob Carson during a marijuana drug deal in northeast Cedar Rapids.

A judge sentences a North Liberty woman to probation for causing the death of her passenger in an ATV crash in 2020.

A former Iowa City police officer is suing the city, saying he was “coerced” into resigning after the police chief told him he had 2 hours to submit his resignation or be fired. The city says he resigned in lieu of being fired for misconduct and released a video of the incident.

A Des Moines psychologist testified in court Friday that Willard Chaiden Noble Miller, 16, is “ripe” for rehabilitation and would benefit from his murder case being moved to juvenile court. Miller and another Fairfield teen are accused of killing their high school Spanish teacher in November.

A Cedar Rapids man, who has a lengthy history of eluding police in three counties and convictions for driving while barred, has been charged again with eluding police after backing up his car at a police officer and nearly hitting her.

A northeast Iowa family sentenced to prison time and ordered to pay thousands in restitution for crop loan scheme where they double pledged crop proceeds for repayment. They never repaid the laons and one member made false statements during a bankruptcy hearing.

Laura Palumbo was stabbed 16 times by her boyfriend in 1995, but she was determined not to be a victim. She is a survivor, who changed her career path to help others deal with trauma.

Cedar Rapids man, already charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend and seriously injuring one man, was formally charged Thursday with 10 new charges involving five other victims.