UPDATE 4:30 p.m.: A couple has been arrested on suspicion of stealing jewelry belonging to an Iowa City man’s deceased wife and then pawning it to help pay rent. Stacy James Levell, 40, and Melissa Kay Levell, 38, are accused of visiting a man — who they knew as a friend or acquaintance — at [...]

With the weather starting to turn and summer right around the corner, one Coralville man is accused of trying to take advantage. David Alexander Rose, 35, was arrested Wednesday after police said he broke into the Sunglass Hut kiosk in the Coral Ridge Mall and stole more than $11,000 in high-end shades. Rose is accused [...]

  The only suspect of three so far to be convicted of first-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of John Versypt in Iowa City will not get a new trial. That means Justin Marshall, 22, still is set to be sentenced Friday to life in prison for his role in the robbery-gone-wrong that shook [...]

The investigation into an Iowa City daycare worker accused of sexually assaulting a toddler at an Iowa City day care began after the man acted “uncomfortable” during a polygraph examination for a state peace officer job, court records state. Tristan A. Loughran, 21, faces a charge of second-degree sexual abuse, a class B felony punishable [...]

DES MOINES – More people may be facing charges in a fraud investigation that led to the arrest of a former Iowa Department of Transportation employee, Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday. David Weigel, 56, was arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing more than $407,430 from the DOT by manipulating land purchases and mowing contracts. Also arrested [...]

A Johnson County judge said today that he will decide before Friday — when Justin Marshall is supposed to be sentenced in the first-degree murder of John Versypt — whether he instead should get a new trial. Attorneys convened this afternoon in a Johnson County courtroom to discuss the first-degree murder conviction levied against Marshall [...]

Investigators have confirmed that a 21-year-old Coralville man arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually abusing a toddler is accused of doing so at the daycare where he worked. Tristan Alexander Loughran faces a charge of felony second-degree sexual abuse after he admitted to an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent that he committing a sex [...]

  Nearly six weeks after a man died and three officers were injured in a shooting in North Liberty, Johnson County Attorney Janet Lyness has called a press conference to release more information about the fatal encounter. Lyness this afternoon announced that her office will release more details about the March 10 shooting at 1:30 [...]

A 25-year-old Iowa City mother has been cited for assault causing bodily injury after police said she encouraged her 4-year-old son to beat up another 4-year-old for pushing him off a scooter. Police were called to Catherine Charnay Claybon’s apartment at 1100 Arthur St. at 6:45 p.m. Friday in reference to a fight between 4-year-olds, [...]

One man is behind bars after Cedar Rapids Police say he robbed a local convenience store Sunday morning. It happened at about 4 a.m. Sunday at the Kwik Shop at 2910 Center Point Rd NE in Cedar Rapids. Officers say 24-year-old Dennis Dawkins allegedly went into the store, showed a hand gun and demanded cash. [...]