Carlos Garcia, charged in an Interstate 380 crash that killed Jeffery Lankford in 2022, is set for trial next month after the date has been continued multiple times. Garcia also picked up another charge for drugs while on pretrial release and remains in jail.
A judge will not accept a teen’s plea to two charges in a fatal drag racing crash that killed a Waterloo woman in 2023, ruling he found “deficiencies” in the trial information — causing confusion over the number of charges against the teen.
A Cedar Rapids man who is charged with vehicular homicide after a fatal crash last month had a .189 blood alcohol level more than two hours after the crash, according to a criminal complaint.
A judge takes Iowa City teen, who is accused in drag racing fatality, off house arrest but continues GPS monitoring and adds a curfew and $30,000 bail. Off house arrest, the teen also won’t receive jail credit towards a possible prison sentence if convicted.
Eighteen-year-old Kesean Ford requested 24 hours of furlough to attend West High School’s prom on Saturday. Sixth Judicial District Judge Liz Dupuich denied the request, writing in the ruling that she is concerned about the safety of the public and the teen.
Court records say two teens were drag racing when they crashed with another car in May.
Two 17-year-olds have each been charged in Johnson County Court with homicide by vehicle and involuntary manslaughter after a crash in May that killed Jennifer Russell, 22, according to a Wednesday news release from the Johnson County Attorney’s Office.
The Cedar Rapids man who was killed Tuesday evening when his motorcycle was struck by a car that was trying to pass in a no-passing zone is being remembered as someone who was “always kind” and “never took things seriously.”
An Illinois man was sentenced to 25 years for a fatal crash that killed a 23-year-old Cedar Rapids man. His driver’s license was also revoked for six years. Tyler S. Lee also is charged in Illinois with murder for a 2017 fatal shooting in Winnebago County.
An Illinois man will plead guilty next week to one of his charges from a 2021 fatal crash on I-380. He was intoxicated and crashed his pickup truck into an SUV, killing 23-year-old David Nguyen of Cedar Rapids, according to court documents.
A traffic camera at the intersection where the August crash occurred showed the driver was holding a cellphone in front of his face in the seconds before the crash, according to a criminal complaint.
A 19-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 25 years for a vehicular homicide and a shooting incident in 2022. He faced up to 50 years but received a plea deal because he was 18 at the time.
A Cedar Rapids man was convicted of a 2022 vehicular homicide that resulted in the death of a 77-year-old Cedar Rapids woman and seriously injuring a 73-year-old Marion woman. He also pleaded in a shooting case and faces up to 25 years for both cases.
An Illinois man, who is accused of fatal crash in 2021, wants to court to toss out his blood tests that show he was intoxicated and had illegal drugs in his system at the time of crash. Accused is also charged with murder in Illinois.
An Edgewood woman was arrested over the weekend on charges related to a fatal ATV crash that happened almost two years ago in Edgewood, Iowa.
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