Trish Mehaffey

Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness announced Monday she won’t seek re-election in November and will retire at the end of the year. She was the first woman elected to the office and has served 15 years as the top prosecutor.

A Coralville man was convicted Monday of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl. He faces up to 10 years in prison. He plans to ask for a deferred judgment - meaning no prison time, only probation.

An Urbana man, who was driving intoxicated, was sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for running over and killing a woman in the parking lot of a bar in Center Point in 2019.

Two teens responsible for killing a University of Iowa student, Malik Sheets, 20, during a party June 18, 2020, were sentenced to prison time Friday. Christian Emedi was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Marshawn Jeffries was sentenced to five years. Emedi was the actual shooter. Jeffries had a gun at the party and threatened others.

A former Fairfield man nabbed by internet task force officers for distributing child porn was sentenced to over 14 years in federal prison. He also must pay each of the 11 identified victims $3,000 in restitution.

Aaron McCreight, former president and CEO of defunct GoCR tourism agency, admitted to providing inflated numbers of ticket sales, revenue to get a bigger loan to fund ‘newbo evolve,’ which resulted in $2.3 million loss.

The former finance director of the defunct Go Cedar Rapids was convicted for his part in the scheme to defraud a local bank in loan used to pay the failed Newbo Evolve music and cultural event i 2018.

Nick Maybanks announces his run as the next elected Linn County attorney to lead the office. He was appointed by the Board of Xupervisors earlier this month to finish out Jerry Vander Sanden’s term, which ends in December. The top prosecutor is an elected position and will be on the November ballot.

A Cedar Rapids fugitive who fled the area in 2014 was extradited back last week and will face charges of selling synthetic marijuana and operating an illegal gambling business.

A federal judge gave a former registered nurse, who stole fentanyl from workplace to feed her own addiction, a lesser sentence of year years probation. Sabrina Thalblum faced more than two years in prison.

A Woodbury man, who was sentenced Friday to over 29 years for taking sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old and sharing them online with an undercover police officer, told a judge he was “excited” to go to prison.

A magistrate and a defense attorney have been nominated as the next 6th Judicial District judge. One will replace Judge Mary Chicchelly, who was appointed last month to the Iowa Court of Appeals.

A Cedar Rapids teenager charged with fatally stabbing his parents in October may claim insanity and diminished responsibility at trial. A defense attorney says it’s tough to prove and rarely successful in Iowa.

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to federal prison for 140 years for sexual exploitation of children and distributing child porn.

A grand jury declines to bring charges against a Tama County deputy who fatally shot a Chelsea man during a standoff last year. Authorities said the deputy fired his weapon after the man fired his handgun during the standoff.