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A 19-year-old University of Iowa student was arrested Thursday on suspicion of taking her roommate’s credit card and using it without permission at a handful of stores, including Victoria Secret, Rue 21 and Francesca’s Collection. The victim, who also is a UI student, contacted UI police around May 10 to report her credit card had [...]

Tucked inside Coca-Cola-shaped trashcans that ring Carver Hawkeye Arena, authorities on Wednesday found devices wired to disseminate toxic gas into the facility capable of holding more than 7,500 people. Fortunately, the mock devices were planted as part of a statewide emergency preparedness exercise spearheaded by the State of Iowa Weapons of Mass Destruction Response Team. [...]

When Isaiah Sweet was picked up early Sunday at a convenience store in Iowa City, the Manchester teenager told officers they wouldn’t be able to reach his grandparents – his legal guardians. Sweet, 17, who now faces two counts of first-degree murder in connection with his grandparents’ death over the weekend in Manchester, was picked [...]

Two University of Iowa students were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of assaulting a woman in a residence hall and holding her down so they could touch her breasts. Hayes Obinna Obinna-Uzoh, 19, is accused of asking the victim to strip in a room in Currier Hall about 9:30 p.m. April 18 while another [...]

A 23-year-old Aplington man arrested in September after police said he entered the bedroom of a Kalona woman in September with a rifle, camera and a roll of tape has been convicted of first-degree burglary and assault with intent to commit sex abuse. Dallas J. Miller is scheduled to be sentenced on the charges June [...]

Friday’s not guilty verdict in Iowa’s landmark case involving a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report child abuse could have broad and lasting impacts on law enforcement, the state’s Department of Human Services and its thousands of mandatory reporters. “There were lots of people in the audience today and around the state who were [...]

A 36-year-old Iowa City man has been arrested on suspicion of fifth-degree theft after police said he was caught with a female friend trying to use a stolen gift certificate from Active Endeavors that had been donated for a charity drive. Active Endeavors personnel told investigators that they donated a stack of gift certificates for [...]

UPDATE 2:48 P.M.: After deliberating for just two hours Friday, a six-member jury found Susan Freeman-Murdah not guilty in the state’s first trial of a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report child abuse or neglect. The verdict was a sealed verdict, meaning the jury handed the signed forms to the judge, who then contacted the attorneys [...]

The judge hearing the case of an Iowa City mandatory reporter accused of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse is considering a motion filed Thursday afternoon asking him to acquit the defendant in the state’s first trial of its kind. Defense attorney Leon Spies argued after the jury was dismissed Thursday that the Johnson [...]

UPDATE 3:11 p.m.: Johnson County Judge Stephen Gerard is considering a motion that Susan Freeman-Murdah’s defense attorney filed Thursday afternoon asking the court to drop the charge of failure to report and acquit his client in the state’s first trial of its kind. Defense attorney Leon Spies argued after the jury was dismissed Thursday that the [...]

A 23-year-old Iowa City man has been arrested on accusations he assaulted a cab driver during an argument over the cab fare, kicked the car and jumped on the vehicle, attempting to break its windshield wiper. Christopher John Ajluni faces charges of criminal mischief and assault causing bodily injury after police said he got into [...]

Members of Iowa City’s Police Citizens Review Board said they will make a recommendation to the City Council to change the group’s name to make its powers and purpose more clear. Four of the five members who comprise the board based on City Council appointments to four-year terms agreed Wednesday during its annual community forum [...]

The Iowa City Police Department is still investigating the allegations of sexual abuse on a 3-year-old girl that are at the center of the state’s first trial of a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report. But, investigator Kevin Bailey testified Wednesday, the teacher at the Iowa City-based Broadway Neighborhood Center who the toddler named [...]

A 62-year-old Kalona man has been convicted on four counts of making false claims to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service based on tax returns he filed in 2008 and 2009. James Lavon Miller waived his right to a trial before a jury and was tried before U.S. District Judge John. A. Jarvey. He was convicted [...]

A 32-year-old woman from Perry has been arrested on suspicion of six counts of identity theft after police said they discovered evidence that she provided fictitious medical diagnosis letters to various healthcare providers between October and November 2010 in an attempt to get narcotics. Iowa City police arrested Amanda Lucille Malek on suspicion of presenting [...]

UPDATE 3:41 p.m.: The Iowa City Police Department is still investigating the allegations of sexual abuse on the 3-year-old girl that are at the center of the state’s first trial of a mandatory reporter accused of failing to report. But, Iowa City police investigator Kevin Bailey testified Wednesday during the trial, the department doesn’t suspect the [...]

Susan Freeman-Murdah, the Iowa City mandatory reporter accused of failing to report a case of suspected child abuse to the state, did not shirk her duties, her defense attorney told jurors Tuesday during opening statements of her trial. She did not make a report to the Iowa Department of Human Services because she did not [...]

A 51-year-old homeless man has been arrested on suspicion of taking an animal shelter donation jar off the counter at a local gas station. Carl Louis Johnson faces a charge of third-degree theft after police saw him on a video surveillance camera inside Gasby’s, 1310 S. Gilbert St. in Iowa City, taking the donation jar [...]

UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: Susan Freeman-Murdah, the director of Iowa City’s Broadway Neighborhood Center accused of being a mandatory reporter and failing to report suspected child abuse to the state, did not shirk her duties, her defense attorney told jurors during opening statements of her trial on Tuesday. She didn’t make a report to the Iowa Department of [...]

The residents of two Iowa City apartment units are displaced this morning after a fire engulfed the second-story apartments Monday night. The Iowa City Fire Department was called to a working structure fire at 1001 Oakcrest St. about 8:40 p.m. Monday. The first units on scene found a second-story apartment fully involved, with fire threatening [...]