Category: Crime

An Iowa man is facing a murder charge following a fatal shooting, and as a final act, the victim allegedly identified her assailant while en route to a hospital.

CHARLES CITY – A late-night disturbance in Charles City resulted in an arrest and a court-ordered restriction earlier this month.

ANKENY – A person was found murdered in this Iowa suburb, and police are searching for clues.

AMES – A wanted Fort Dodge fugitive accused earlier of a swath of serious crimes evaded authorities long enough to allegedly stab a woman and child to death late Friday night.

Police say this Texas predator snared a teen in his sadistic web and took her to Iowa, and after he dropped her off at a sheriff’s office, there will be no more dates with children in his immediate future.

SIOUX CITY – A Fort Dodge man who possessed stolen and unregistered short-barreled firearms was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison.

A Northern Iowa man was potentially hurt after cops say he was drunk and texting as he rove and then crashed his UTV into a ditch.

An Iowa man evaded the most-serious of charges after a trial in the violent death of his tiny 15-month-old daughter.

IOWA CITY – An Iowa teen was shot in this college town, not far from a park, and cops are hunting for clues.

OSAGE – An Osage woman was nabbed for drunk driving.

DUBUQUE – A dispute led to the fatal shooting of a teen in Dubuque Monday night, police say.

MASON CITY – On this unseasonably warm Spring afternoon, a Mason City man allegedly made a decision to exit his home and, in front of his neighbors, perform a lewd act that just might impact his life going forward.

This long-time Mason City criminal finally went to far with his meth-dealing enterprise, and now will serve 13 years in federal prison.

Police say this multi-convicted Waterloo felon was doing a thorough job of harassing his girlfriend after a long string of previous crimes and now has a few years in federal prison to think about his choices.

A convicted Iowa felon who sold fentanyl and heroin that resulted in two overdose deaths in 2023 was sentenced on March 3, 2026, to a total of 37 years in federal prison.

Police raced to this remote Northern Iowa town after a suspect allegedly pick up a hammer and started swinging.

This Iowa man was in the middle of some type of drama at a fast food restaurant and after cops slapped cuffs on him, tried to run for it, and that was a big mistake.

Cops nabbed this Bosnian creepo after they say he moved to Iowa and began hoarding the worst possible photos and videos of babies and kids, and now showers are about to get dicey after his guilty plea and sentencing. 

GUTHRIE CENTER – Two male teens allegedly made frightening threats to this Northern Iowa school and after they turned themselves in, police sent them to a detention center, charged with terrorism.

Cops raided this Northern Iowa woman’s home and they found illegal drugs, leading to her arrest on serious charges.

WEST DES MOINES – This young Iowa man is plunged his life into chaos after he allegedly attacked his own mother with a knife during an argument.

CEDAR RAPIDS – After nearly 18 months on the run, a 56-year-old suspect is behind bars for an alleged broad-daylight murder in Chicago after a chance encounter with police in Iowa.

When this Northern Iowa desperado failed at out-driving cops, she tried to run fast, but law enforcement brought a quick end to her attempt to avoid time behind bars.

GRUNDY CENTER – This Northern Iowa dweller has been prowling kids for years, cops across the nation say, and now he is shocked to find himself in the crosshairs of justice.

CEDAR RAPIDS – Cops raided this Rockford man’s house and discovered hundreds of the worst child images and now stiff justice awaits his future after he admitted he is guilty.

Law enforcement officers seized over 500 grams of actual methamphetamine and 1,700 fentanyl pills from seven different packages sent from California. the suspect’s fingerprints were on three of the packages.

RICEVILLE, IOWA – A fake call to police about a murder that never took place sent several surrounding law enforcement agencies scrambling, only to learn a swatter attempted to fool them.

CLEAR LAKE – What started as a series of troubling reports from travelers has culminated in the arrest of a hotel employee following a multi-agency investigation.

A former Iowa paramedic who tampered with vials of narcotic pain medication was sentenced on February 17, 2026, to more than two years in federal prison.

EMMETSBURG – A Northern Iowa jury quickly convicted this predator of child sex abuse, and now justice looms.

This Iowa man was nabbed for peeping at a kid and possibly others in a Target store dressing room, and now he finds himself in a room full of consequences for his depravity.

This Waterloo woman, who was dating an underage teen while they both partook in the green lifestyle, tried over and over again to buy the little felon a gun and after they finally made the buy, American justice blew smoke straight into their faces.

Authorities say the convict “was working as a delivery driver. Employees at one of the businesses she delivered to made comments to her that she relayed to her boyfriend. Her boyfriend confronted employees with the gun she had purchased for him. The boyfriend was later arrested and charged with multiple counts, including felon in possession of a firearm…”

SIOUX CENTER – Two Northern Iowa men were nabbed after one of them put the other’s Hyundai Sonata in a ditch and abandoned the car due to persistent cops unraveling the mystery.

CHARLES CITY — An early morning traffic stop over the weekend resulted in the arrest of a Nashua man on a slew of charges, ranging from suspected drunk driving to drug possession.