What you missed this week in notable Waterloo and Cedar Falls crimes and court cases
This week's local crime and court updates from The Courier.
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A bullet hole in a "vacant" home at 412 Sunnyside Avenue was also discovered upon responding to the 1:33 a.m. call.
Woman found with a gunshot wound to her stomach in the 800 block of Fairview Avenue after police called to the scene around 8:45 p.m. Thursday.
The injuries to the juvenile were considered non-life threatening.
Jurors did not convict him of the felony after firing a .22-magnum North American Arms revolver in the direction of his wife at the time he approached her about a divorce.
WEBSTER CITY — Testimony has ended in the trial of the man accused of killing Sgt. Jim Smith in Grundy Center in 2021.
"I needed to get him to someone who is a professional, and maybe there’s a chance he could be saved"
FAIRFIELD (AP) — A 17-year-old Iowa boy accused of helping a classmate kill their high school Spanish teacher last year will be tried as an ad…
Jamarius Bernard Johnson was detained as a suspect in the murder following a traffic stop Tuesday in Waterloo that also resulted in the vehicle driver's arrest.
Three children were taken to the hospital after the car they were in crashed into the steps of the park maintained by Genesis Medical Center on the northeast corner of East Locust Street and Eastern Avenue.
DES MOINES — A Mitchell County man convicted of attempted murder in a plot inspired by the television series “Breaking Bad” will not get a new…
GRUNDY CENTER – A former Reinbeck man whose girlfriend died in December has pleaded to misdemeanor assault charges.
Prosecutors call death of Sgt. Jim Smith 'senseless' in opening statements, but defense contends Michael Thomas Lang's actions didn't amount to murder.
Officers responded to the area of Ankeny and Newell streets Monday shortly after 9 p.m.
He received a 10-year suspended sentence for allegedly threatening a woman with a knife during the Jan. 30 incident.
WEBSTER CITY – Jury selection began Monday in the trial for a Grundy Center man accused of killing an Iowa State Patrol trooper during an Apri…
He was found unresponsive during routine cell checks and was pronounced dead following life-saving measures.
A Mitchell County man will not be receiving a new trial for an attempted murder plot inspired by the television series Breaking Bad, based on an Iowa Supreme Court ruling published on May 6, iowacourts.gov.
The dog was treated at a local veterinary clinic and later released
A Waterloo man has been arrested in connection with an early morning shooting that sent two people to the hospital
A Marion man has been arrested for weapons charges after police found him slumped over in a car in the Majestic Moon parking lot.
A Waterloo teen whose friend was shot and killed in a synthetic marijuana robbery has been found guilty of the more serious charges in the case.
A Parkersburg man accused of leading police on a chase in a stolen car in North Cedar is now facing charges for taking a purse in April.
WATERLOO — Cedrick Ondrell Smith said he fired off three or four shots from his 9 mm pistol after he was pummeled in the head by his cousin an…
LAWLER —- Three members of a Northeast Iowa family have been sentenced for their roles in crop loan and bankruptcy fraud schemes.