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CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mexican man who illegally returned to the United States after being deported was sent to federal prison after he was caught drunk driving in Iowa.
HARRISON COUNTY – Iowa law enforcement responded to a car crash, but the vehicle owner was found dead elsewhere, leading to arrest of suspect at the scene of the accident.
ELDORA – A Northern Iowa woman is sought by police on warrants connected to a series of felony crimes.
MARSHALL COUNTY – An Iowa couple was found dead early Friday morning, and police are seeking a suspect they consider to be armed and dangerous.
CLEAR LAKE – An Iowa man was the subject of several reports to police in Clear Lake and after an investigation, he’s in jail on felony charges.
MASON CITY – Mason City police stopped a driver early this morning and took the suspect to jail for allegedly driving drunk and putting children in danger – and not the first time.
SIOUX CITY – A Northern Iowa man who had previously been convicted of dealing meth in 2004 was sentenced April 17 for dealing meth once again and will spend more than 13 years in federal prison.
BURLINGTON – An Iowa man allegedly had a few too many drinks then fired his stolen gun into the ground, leading cops to search his house and find plenty of marijuana.
CLEAR LAKE – A Clear Lake man has found justice to the tune of a long prison sentence after committing heinous crimes near a school.
WINTHROP – A Northern Iowa man, apparently upset with a school official, allegedly made a threat and was tracked down and arrested by police.
CHARLES CITY – A Charles City gas station and the clerk working at the store were fined hundreds of dollars after police conducted a tobacco compliance sting.
CHARLES CITY – Police were called to a commercial area for a disturbance in Charles City this weekend, resulting in two arrests.
Law enforcement executed a search warrant of the suspect’s hotel room and observed him dumping a product in the toilet and located additional methamphetamine, cash, and drug distribution paraphernalia.
NEW YORK – Donald Trump is in a New York City courtroom Monday morning to begin the criminal trial in which he is accused of falsifying business records while paying an adult film actress via his attorney to avoid pre-election publicity about their affair.
SIOUX CITY – A Northern Iowa man behaved in a not-so-friendly way when he flashed a gun at his neighbor out mowing a lawn, leading to federal gun charges and a possible long prison sentence.
BREMER COUNTY – A Minnesota man raced through Iowa with a considerable load of weed before cops caught him south of Waterloo and now faces a swath of charges.
BURLINGTON – An Iowa man already awaiting punishment for dealing drugs tried to sell an undercover cop a t-shirt of meth and now the vice of justice is tightening upon him.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mexican man caught illegally living in Iowa has been sent to prison to prepare for his eventual one-way trip south.
MASON CITY – Mason City police are attempting to sleuth out a “WhoDoneIt” this morning and could use the public’s help identifying some shady shoppers.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Northern Iowa woman who possessed over 50 grams of actual (pure) methamphetamine was sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison.
DES MOINES – Police raced to a shooting near downtown Des Moines late Tuesday night where they eventually discovered four people had been shot, with one dead so far.
MASON CITY – A Mason City man who escaped a year in jail last year might be a step closer to incarceration after allegedly harassing police with a 911 hangup call.
One new mother suffered “horrible and excruciating pain” as her newborn went unfed and the suspect consumed the patient’s pain meds.
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SIOUX CITY – The wife of an elected Republican official in Iowa is guilty of dozens of counts of voter fraud and now will serve time in prison for her crimes leading up to the 2020 elections.
DALLAS COUNTY – Dozens of neglected and malnourished horses were rescued from an Iowa farm last fall and the owner was merely given probation and a fine in a plea deal.
DES MOINES – Police in Iowa’s capitol city nabbed a long-sought suspect with a long rap sheet whom they claim stars in a video in which he brutally beats a dog.
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CEDAR RAPIDS – Dealing a powerful drug in Iowa that resulted in at least two deaths has landed a Georgia man behind bars for a long stretch.
SIOUX CITY – An Iowa man authorities say dealt up to 40 lbs. of meth in the Fort Dodge area was tracked down by cops at a hotel, armed with an illegal gun, and he now may spend the rest of his life in prison.
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FORT DODGE – A convicted felon illegally in possession of a gun allegedly opened fire in a Fort Dodge neighborhood on a recent afternoon, now he’s behind bars facing serious charges.
DES MOINES – An Iowa man is facing serious charges after dousing his girlfriend with gas and igniting a house blaze.
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Chicago heroin dealer tooling around Iowa with kids brought his loaded gun and a skunky snack, but cops ended his joyride and have delivered him to a jail cell for the next five years.
O’Shea Taelly Wright then grabbed a gun during a brawl outside a Waterloo nightclub on a New Year’s Eve night and fired multiple shots toward a group of people fighting nearby.
In the heady world of criminal justice, the stakes are undeniably high. Committing certain crimes is punishable by incarceration, while others may be less draconian but will stain your record for the
MASON CITY – A Mason City couple find themselves behind bars tonight after their motorcycle ride and possible delivery of meth was interrupted by our local law enforcement. The Cerro Gordo county
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa convict who was released from prison and provoked a 911 call from his girlfriend then ran from investigating Cedar Falls cops will resume his penal career for tossing a gun with an extended magazine during the chase.