Trish Mehaffey

A Cedar Rapids man was extradited from Indiana and charged with fatally shooting a man outside Poppa n Tommyz on June 11. Witnesses said the shooter fired multiple times, at close range, as he walked by the victim.

But Jack McCaffery, the son of Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery, must stipulate he was the driver in the May 22 crash.

A Cedar Rapids man, who has a lengthy gun violence history that started as a teen, will remain in jail pending federal gun charges.

Witnesses testified Tuesday during a bench trial for Jack McCaffery, 17, of North Liberty, who is cited for failure to yield in the right a way in a crash that resulted in the death of an Iowa National Guard soldier on May 22.

A Cedar Rapids police officer said Brandon Nelson, on trial this week for attempted murder and 12 other charges, came at him head-on during a high speed chase last year. Two officers will testify this week that Nelson also racked and pointed a shotgun at them when he finally stopped.

Two Cedar Rapids police officers testified Thursday about being forced to shoot Brandon Nelson, who had led officers on a high-speed chase, and then pointed a shotgun at them when he stopped and got out of his vehicle.

Jeremy Goodale tears up as he listens to his sister Jacqueline read a tribute he wrote about her as she testifies at his sentence hearing at the

Nov. 21—IOWA CITY — An Iowa man who helped his son flee to Jordan to avoid prosecution for robbing and attempting to kill a woman on the University of Iowa campus in 2022 was sentenced Tuesday to five years in prison.

Riding his motorcycle with buddies on warm days and partying into the night were bigger priorities for Mark Brown than going to high school class and walking down the aisle in a cap and gown.

Prosecutors in Story County are dropping charges against current and former Iowa State University athletes charged with sports betting because Iowa investigators “exceeded” the permitted use of geofencing software, according to “newly discovered evidence.”