CRIME & SAFETY

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - One person has died after a fatal crash in Iowa City. Police were called to the intersection of Court St. and Seventh Ave. at 10:54 Saturday night for reports of a crash. Two others suffered minor injuries in the accident. Iowa State Patrol is investigating.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Police arrested a Coralville man in connection to a shooting that happened last October outside an Iowa City bar. It happened at around 2 a.m. on October 23, 2022, in the alley outside H-Bar, located at 220 South Van Buren Street. Tramon Robinson, 24, of...

A Coralville woman faces charges that she threatened her neighbor with a baseball bat, then a knife, then hit the person with a metal pot. That’s according to Coralville Police, who say the incident occurred just before 9pm Friday. Arrest records indicate 30-year-old Rena Rocqumore left her Holiday Road apartment while armed with a bat, then later while armed with a knife with an eight-inch blade and a metal pot. The second time, she allegedly struck her neighbor’s door with the knife and pot, causing damage. At one point, Rocqumore reportedly struck the neighbor with the pot once the door was opened, causing an injury to the person’s wrist and thumb.

An Iowa City woman was arrested after providing false information to acquire a weapon. Police say the incident occurred on May 8th at Theisen’s of Coralville. 45-year-old Candace Holmes filled out a form to purchase a Taurus 9mm pistol. She indicated on the document that she is not a felon, but a check of her records shows that Holmes was convicted of a felony in 2014.

Iowa City Animal Services is seeking the owner of a dog that bit a pedestrian Friday morning. According to a City of Iowa City news release, a person was bitten by a dog around 7 a.m. Friday in the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue. The dog is described as having a medium-sized build with gray and white, medium-length fur. The woman walking the dog was walking a small, brown dog as well.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - One person was seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle in Iowa City on Monday. Police said it happened at about 4:15 p.m. at Melrose Avenue and Kennedy Parkway. The driver of the vehicle was not injured. The crash remains under investigation. No additional...

An additional arrest has been made in connection with the fatal shooting that occurred on October 23, 2022, in Iowa City. Tramon Robinson, 24, of Coralville, was arrested on Wednesday by the Iowa Department of Corrections and faces one count of Dominion/Control of a Firearm by a Felon.

(Coralville, Iowa) – Officials in eastern Iowa report a young adult received a ticket for more than $300, Tuesday, after a sheriff’s deputy clocked a vehicle at 107-mph. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy met a teen driver and their passengers early Tuesday morning, on Interstate 380. The 18-year-old driver explained they “just wanted to have some fun.” In addition to a $308 fine, the driver faces a possible license suspension.

Parent company of closing Tama Mill holds job fair for employees. The mill announced it would shut down later this year, after more than one hundred years in business. Eighty workers at the mill are losing their jobs. Updated: 6 hours ago. The Surgeon General says social media like Instagram...

An Iowa City man who was falsely accused and eventually acquitted of sexual assault lost his malicious prosecution claim against the city and the detective in the case. The Gazette reports Joshua Venckus sued the city of Iowa City and police Detective Andrew Rich for their role in his criminal prosecution in a rape case. Venckus alleged the case was pursued against him although he had what he described as an airtight alibi.

Prosecutors continue to call witnesses in the trial surrounding 4-year-old Marcos Faguada's death. Medical professionals on the stand claimed Robert Miller could have been under the influence before crashing into Faguada's car. Day three of deadly crash trial focuses on medical …. Prosecutors continue to call witnesses in the trial...

(Iowa City) An Iowa mother, accused of helping her son flee the county after stealing 20-thousand dollar earrings, asks for her bond to be lowered. Nineteen-year-old Ali Younes was out on bond after being charged with attacking a woman on the University of Iowa campus and stealing her earrings. Police say his parents, Lima and Alfred, cut off his GPS-monitoring ankle bracelet and drove him to Chicago, where he flew to Jordan. Lima is asking for her bond to be lower from 25 thousand dollars.

A pair of Iowa City men is accused of mugging an 87-year-old woman in a grocery store parking lot. Iowa City Police say 18-year-old Mekhi Wright of the Pheasant Ridge Apartments approached the woman as she was taking groceries to her car in the parking lot of the Westwinds Drive Fareway just after 10am on May 1st. Wright allegedly entered the car while the victim was sitting in the driver’s seat, took her purse, and fled towards Wright’s apartment with a co-defendant who had been acting as a lookout. The purse contained credit cards, $150 in cash, the woman’s glasses, a wallet and vehicle fobs. The total property loss was estimated at $1,700.

An Iowa City man was arrested after allegedly assaulting a woman over a backpack. The incident occurred Sunday evening in the parking lot of Liquor Downtown on South Gilbert Street. 30-year-old Gregory Echols reportedly got into an altercation with the woman over the backpack, and threw her to the ground. A witness reported that Echols was on top of the woman while she was on the ground. He allegedly grabbed the woman in the face, knocking a tooth loose in the process.

A Tiffin man was arrested on warrants stemming from his alleged dealing of marijuana last year. According to authorities, the first incident in questioned occurred the night of July 28th on the 2700 block of the Coralville Strip. 19-year-old Wyatt Baldwin of East Street reportedly was observed selling 118 grams of a green leafy substance that later was tested and revealed to be cannabis. Baldwin was allegedly seen again the afternoon of September 26th on Railroad Street in Tiffin, selling about 30 grams of a substance later confirmed to be marijuana.

Coralville, IA (KICD) — The Iowa Department of Corrections reports that an inmate serving time for a 2nd degree sexual abuse conviction out of Kossuth County has died. Jeffrey Lynn Hannah began serving a sentence of up to 25 years on June 3rd of 2015. He was declared dead of natural causes at the Iowa Medical and Classification Center the morning of May 19th.

An Iowa City woman allegedly took some of another woman’s hair during an assault Monday night. Police say 29-year-old Shaquilla Brown of Taylor Drive showed up at the woman’s boyfriend’s house before 9:30pm. Brown allegedly banged on the door, and when the woman opened the door, she was assaulted.

A man was hit by a vehicle in Iowa City Monday. According to the city’s Daily Activity Log, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Galway Drive at 4:15pm on reports of a personal injury accident. The driver of the vehicle called in to report that he had hit a man with his car.

The mother of a former U I student who she allegedly helped escape the country while he was on house arrest ahead of an attempted murder trial is asking for a reduction in her bond while being held in custody. Newly filed court records show 19 year-old Ali Younes was...

An Iowa City man who reportedly brought no money with him when meeting up for a drug transaction ended up getting arrested after allegedly snatching the product from the deliverer. Police say the incident occurred last week at the Waterfront HyVee. 31-year-old Deandre Irby of Southgate Avenue was observed by...