A trial for a 21-year-old Hiawatha man accused of killing a Cedar Rapids man in 2011 was reset to October because one witness cannot be located and another witness wasn’t available to testify this month. Donovan Ross, charged with first-degree murder, waived his right to speedy trial and will not stand trial next week as [...]

Moments before being sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison, Justin Marshall looked into the eyes of the family of John Versypt and said he did not kill their husband, father and brother. “I am innocent,” Marshall said during his sentencing hearing Friday. “I don’t know who did this, who did such [...]

The murder trials for Isaiah Sweet and Brandon Ahlers, accused of killing Janet and Richard Sweet last year in Manchester, have been reset in Delaware County District Court. Isaiah Sweet, 18, of Manchester, charged with two counts of first-degree murder, will stand trial Oct. 16. He is accused of shooting and killing his grandparents and [...]

A trial for a Central City man accused of killing a Cedar Rapids man last August was reset this week to Sept. 9, in Linn County District Court. Martin Wilkinson, 63, is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is accused of shooting and killing  Gregory O’Hare, 47, of [...]

The trial for a man accused of killing a Cedar Rapids cab driver in 2011 has been reset again, this time to Oct. 8, in Story County District Court. Johnathan Mitchell, 35, of Cedar Rapids, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the stabbing death of Cathy Stickley, 54, a Century Cab driver, [...]

A Johnson County judge has denied a request to delay the first-degree murder trial of a 27-year-old Illinois man accused of gunning down a City High graduate on the west side of Iowa City in June. That means Brandon Brown still is scheduled to be tried on the murder charge on April 16. Brown has [...]

  Updated:  Reginald Williams said he has “a whole lot of peace of mind” after attending a Thursday’s hearing where three men were charged in the slaying of his daughter Latasha Roundtree last September. “The family is feeling good today,” Williams said. “I’m grateful to (the investigator) and the Cedar Rapids Police for their work.” [...]

A 19-year-old charged in the double homicide of his friend’s grandparents waived his right to jury trial Tuesday and his bench trial was reset to April 17, in Delaware County District Court. Brandon Ahlers of Manchester is charged with two counts of aiding and abetting in first-degree murder for his part in the slaying of [...]

One of three men originally charged with murder in the 2009 shooting death of John Versypt in south Iowa City has been sentenced to jail time already served and $1,325 in fines and court costs. That means Charles Thompson, originally charged with first-degree murder in the high-profile homicide, will serve no additional time behind bars [...]

Jurors went home Wednesday night without coming to a verdict in the first-degree murder trial of Justin Marshall in Iowa City. The 12-member jury panel heard closing arguments Tuesday in the trial, and began their deliberations about 2 p.m. They left about 4:30 that day and resumed deliberations at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The jurors continued [...]