Category: Crime

MINNEAPOLIS – Law enforcement hunted down a possibly maniac who cowardly shot and killed two people and permanently maimed two others in Minnesota.

This young Iowa man is in very deep trouble today after cops investigated his potential conduct towards a related child victim.

SIOUX CITY – This Mason City pharmacist began diverting a swath of controlled substances for her own personal use, and now she will roam the tiny confines of a federal prison cell for one month.

Megan Elsbury, age 43, from Mason City…

CHARLES CITY – This wanted Charles City man earlier drove his Honda CRV so poorly while he was drunk that he got stuck on railroad tracks, and after he was found guilty, never showed up to jail. However, cops located the unlicensed driver tooling around after 4 AM and delivered him to an ice cold cell.

An Iowa woman is dead after this male suspect allegedly ran her down as she walked across a street against a red light, and now he is facing stiff penalties.

This twice-deported illegal alien from Mexico already guilty in a Northern Iowa court  of dealing meth and other crimes tried to high-tail it to freedom as the Iowa State Patrol chased, but found out his destiny might be decades behind bars.

EMMETSBURG, IOWA – Juan Carlos allegedly stabbed another man at this low-end Northern Iowa hotel, sending the victim to Mason City for treatment.

This Iowa man got out of the backseat of a car during a law enforcement traffic stop and forgot to tuck his meth baggie into his pocket, leading cops to discover his potential drug dealing enterprise.

CEDAR RAPIDS – Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) nabbed a possible foreign troublemaker in Iowa and folks were gleefully calling for atrocious outcomes for his alleged behavior.

BOONE COUNTY, IOWA — An Iowa couple is behind bars after police say they cut a swath of crime through multiple counties before justice caught up with them.

MASON CITY – The Mason City police department executed liquor license compliance checks around town on Tuesday, and three store clerks failed miserably by selling booze to a possible underage patron, costing them hundreds of dollars each.

CEDAR RAPIDS – Police in the Northern Iowa area helped snare a Mexican drug money launderer out of Chicago, and the sospechoso shall siesta in the chokey for years due to his crimes.

An Iowa woman police say committed a violent assault on an elderly person is on the run and could be anywhere, and cops want to locate her before more folks are hurt.

RURAL MASON CITY – This hard-luck trio allegedly burglarized a rural location, then tried to outrun cops in their Chevy Silverado, only to crash in a ditch, then land in jail. Meanwhile, a fourth culprit successfully fled the scene and remains at-large, as the jailbirds apparently won’t rat them out quite yet.

MASON CITY – A convicted Mason City domestic abuser made his best offer to a child to satisfy his carnal urges, and after she rejected and turned him in to cops, a judge banished him to a jail cell for a whopping four days.

An Iowa man allegedly became enraged after being put on hold while attempting to speak with a health care provider and decided to get even by calling in a bomb threat, leading to possible poor outcomes for his future.

CEDAR RAPIDS – This Rockwell meth dealer is poised to face potentially maximum consequences for dealing his poison all around the area. Dustin Burkhardt faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment and a possible maximum sentence of life imprisonment, a $10,000,000 fine, and at least five years of supervised release following any imprisonment.

CHARLES CITY – A Charles City man has been sentenced to pay fines and court costs after accepting a plea deal stemming from a drunk driving arrest last autumn.

This Northern Iowa woman is behind bars after she allegedly shot her husband dead, police say, during a domestic incident. Reportedly, the couple were in a domestic dispute, and the suspect took a gun and shot the victim in the back as he chased a dog.

A rowdy Northern Iowa man, allegedly firing bullets into the crisp, dewy early morning air, was located and subdued by cops after a recent incident at a rural campsite.

Carnie combat at a Northern Iowa celebration drew cops to this tiny hamlet to separate the brawlers, leading to the arrest of a Florida man on serious charges.

This Iowa man let his emotion wash over him and decided to take a gun to a hotel room where his ex was shacked up with a new suitor, and then proceeded to shoot his rival dead, and now he will roam a prison cell permanently.

AMES — Iowa State University Police have made an arrest in a child sexual exploitation case involving a former student.

WEBSTER CITY – This Northern Iowa man is suspected by police of dealing a range of drugs after police executed a search warrant.

FAYETTE COUNTY – Law enforcement in Fayette county nabbed three alleged lawbreakers in three separate incidents.

A man who conspired to distribute controlled substances by mailing packages with methamphetamine and fentanyl from Arizona to Iowa was convicted by a jury on May 29, 2025, after a four-day trial in federal court in Cedar Rapids.

This Iowa tattoo artist is accused by police of doing more than installing body art on his clients while at his place of employment, and now the wrath of the law is knocking at his door.

This carnie wanted for reckless driving that involved the death of a child in Minnesota was working a festival in Northern Iowa when authorities learned of his whereabouts and closed in.

This Iowa man savagely beat his girlfriend to death with a wooden board as she begged him for mercy and now he could get life in prison.

ELMA, IOWA – This Northern Iowa man called 911 on himself, then when cops arrived, offered a bullet fiesta, and now finds himself parked in the slammer donning a strait jacket.

ANDERSON, IOWA – This Iowa man is accused of sexual abuse and lascivious acts against a child and is in jail awaiting court appearances.

This young Iowa man perpetrated a crime spree this week as he allegedly shot another man in a car then stole a bike and attempted to break into a residence and steal a car.

This Iowa man with a colorful past is accused by police of sexually abusing a child over the course of at least a year, and allegedly threatened to hunt the child down for revenge if they didn’t comply with his desires.

A man originally from Algona was sentenced to 210 years in prison for sexually abusing numerous children at the orphanage he founded and directed in Haiti.

SIOUX CITY – This Fort Dodge felon pleaded guilty in an illegal gun stash crime and now faces a possible stretch in prison.

Authorities say this Iowa woman started her house on fire, sending the other occupants scurrying for their lives, and now the alleged arsonist is facing stiff consequences.