The Cedar Rapids Police Department released crime statistics this week for 2024, up through the end of November. All six of the included crime categories, including homicides, have decreased from previous years.
A Cedar Rapids man, who had history of sex abuse and sex offender registry offenses, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for soliciting an individual he believed was a 14-year-old boy, but it was actually a police officer posing online as a teen.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Monday on charges that he attempted to rob another man at knife point in the parking lot of the Kirkwood Rec Center.
In addition to the Black Hawk County rapes, the man also faces a trial in Iowa City attack.
A retired Linn County chief public defender who died of a heart attack in June was honored last month for his work as a board member for the RISE program, which helps individuals reintegrate back into the community after completing a prison term. The computer center was dedicated in his name.
“We’re just broken ... destroyed,“ said the mother of a 22-year-old who was killed in a crash caused by two teens drag racing in 2023. She hoped the 18-year-old sentenced Monday would say he was sorry, but he didn’t.
President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, sparing the younger Biden a possible prison sentence for federal felony gun and tax convictions and reversing his past promises not to use the extraordinary powers of the presidency for the benefit of his family.
One of the young men was transported to a hospital for hypothermia symptoms after his waders filled with cold lake water.
Thieves made off with $18B in merchandise last year
A Marion man, who pleaded to lesser charges, was sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing an 11-year-old child in 2022. The girl, now 14, said she still has panic attacks and depression and doesn’t trust anyone, especially men.
A Hiawatha man was arrested last week after police say he attempted to meet up with a 15-year-old, who was actually a police officer using a spoof account on a website known for prostitution.
A 16-year-old Cedar Rapids boy pleaded guilty to shooting a 17-year-old last year during a basketball game in Marion’s Hanna Park. He fired 11 times at the teen.
The estate of a man who was shot and killed by Eastern Iowa police after a high-speed chase in 2022 is now suing the officers involved.
Lawyers for a former Decorah man accused in her death are seeking details on the tip.
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