Jerome Power was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for killing his neighbor, despite his claim that his trial should have been declared a mistrial when he poured a cup of water on his attorney’s head during his trial in November. Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, was found guilty by a jury in [...]

  CEDAR RAPIDS — Jerome Power will spend the rest of his life in prison for strangling to death his neighbor Doris Bevins, 68, in 2010. A Linn County jury found Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, guilty of first-degree murder Tuesday after deliberating for about a day and a half. The trial lasted four and [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – There’s no doubt Jerome Power left an impression with the jury Monday after pouring water on his lawyer’s head, but it may not give him the results he’s hoping. Robert Rigg, Drake Law School professor, said it likely left a “negative” view of Power with the jury. “Clients will sometimes act out [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Closing arguments were overshadowed today in the murder trial of Jerome Power as he grabbed a cup of water and poured it over his attorney’s head, catching the attorney, the judge and deputies off guard. Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, poured water on attorney Steve Addington just as the jurors were being [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Closing arguments were overshadowed today in the murder trial of Jerome Power as he grabbed a cup of water and poured it over his attorney’s head, catching the attorney, the judge and deputies off guard. Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, poured water on attorney Steve Addington just as the jurors were being [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – A man Jerome Power has accused of killing his neighbor, Doris Bevins, instead of him, testified Friday he “would never hurt that lady.” Terry Wilson, 58, of Cedar Rapids, said he had known Bevins, 68, for more than 10 years. He previously lived in the same apartment house she resided and lived [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Jerome Power not only says he didn’t kill his neighbor in 2010 but he provides two other suspects during a sometimes incoherent, ranting dialogue with himself in a room as investigators watch from outside. Jurors watched a video of the police interview during Power’s first-degree murder trial, but for about two hours [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS – Philip Bemer testified Wednesday he wouldn’t forget his good friend screaming on the phone as she was being attacked in 2010. Bemer was talking to Doris Bevins on the phone after they had been out playing bingo and their conversation went from discussing the weather to Bevins answering someone pounding at the [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS — Philip Bemer testified Wednesday that he wouldn’t forget the sound of his good friend screaming as she was being attacked two years ago. Bemer was talking to Doris Bevins on the phone when someone started pounding on Bevins’ door. He heard her open the door and then yell, “Get the hell out. [...]

[HMTL1] Reporter Trish Mehaffey’s live coverage from a Linn County District courtroom starts today with opening statements in the murder trial of Jerome Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, who is accused in the strangulation death of his neighbor, Doris Bevins, 68, of Cedar Rapids. Power is charged with first-degree murder. If convicted he faces life [...]