CEDAR RAPIDS A civil trial against the city and a white police officer who shot a Black man during a 2016 traffic stop, leaving him paralyzed, remains on track to start next month in Linn County District Court.
Lawyers for Jerime and Bracken Mitchell, who filed the lawsuit in 2017 after Jerime Mitchell was shot Nov. 1, 2016, had a pretrial conference Friday with lawyers for the city and for Lucas Jones, a former Cedar Rapids police officer.
The lawyers discussed coronavirus precautions during the trial and how many jurors would be summoned for jury selection beginning April 20.
Jury selection is expected to take a week, followed by about three weeks of testimony.
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Man wanted for child sex crimes in California is arrested in North Iowa
Nhin Ho
Posted: Mar 4, 2021 8:30 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – An accused California child molester was arrested Thursday in North Iowa.
Nhin Tat Ho, 85, was charged in April 2019 with molesting multiple child victims dating back to 1987. The U.S. Marshals Service says it worked with the San Gabriel Police Department in Los Angeles County, CA, to track Ho to a home in the 800 block of Central Avenue in Hampton. Members of the Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force say they saw Ho leaving a residence Thursday morning and took him into custody without incident.
Clinton Police, Iowa DCI Still Searching For Persons Of Interest
The Clinton Police Department and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is asking for the public s help in locating two men who they believe were involved in a violent crime in Clinton back in February.
On Tuesday, the Clinton Police Department announced on social media that they, along with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) are continuing their investigation of a violent crime that occurred in the Gateway Apartment Complex, apartment #12 on February 24, 2021.
With this investigation, the Clinton police and Iowa DCI are still searching for two men who they believe were involved in that violent crime in Clinton. The two men they believe to be involved are Khalil Pugh and Ja’Kwane O’Brian Polidore.
CEDAR RAPIDS - Authorities have identified the Cedar Rapids police officer who fatally shot a suspect Feb. 20 while responding to a fatal stabbing at a motel in southwest Cedar Rapids.