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A suspect in an Iowa City armed robbery case has entered a guilty plea. Online court records show 22-year-old Keith Whittmon-Anderson of Cedar Rapids reached a deal with prosecutors and entered a guilty plea on Friday. Judge Mary Chicchelly set a sentencing date for April 19 th. Whittmon-Anderson is charged with 1st Degree Robbery, Carrying Weapons, 1st Degree Theft, Going Armed with Intent and Possession of a Controlled Substance. He and 19-year-old Patrick Lucas are accused of approaching a man on North Gilbert Street early the morning of Aug. 1, 2018, with Lucas brandishing a handgun and d...

02/03/21 A North Liberty man accused of robbing a man he requested a ride from last year has been arrested. The incident occurred in the parking lot at the Town and Campus Apartments on Arthur Street the afternoon of November 6 th.  35-year-old Ernest Allen of Watercrest Road contacted the alleged victim and requested a ride. He met the victim in his own vehicle in the parking lot and then requested a ride to a different location. Upon arrival at the destination, Allen asked for $10 from the man. When he retrieved his wallet to give Allen the money, the man reported that he felt a handgun be...

1/30/21 A police chase on Melrose Avenue has led to the arrest of a pair of armed suspects with previous weapons convictions. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were responding to a medical emergency just after 11 Friday morning when they observed a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Melrose Avenue and Mormon Trek Boulevard. A Cadillac involved in the incident fled the scene westbound on Melrose, and the deputies began a pursuit. The Cadillac crashed into a ditch as it was trying to turn southbound onto Highway 218. Deputies say two men then exited the vehic...

Monday, January 25, 2021   View Larger + Cranston Police Department announced an arrest has been made in the bank robbery that occurred Thursday, January 21, 2021, at approximately 1:50 pm, at the Santander Bank located at 555 Reservoir Avenue.  The suspect is identified as Vaughn Watrous, age 43, with a last known address of 160 Broad Street in Providence. Watrous was taken into custody early Sunday evening by members of the Providence Police Department on a Cranston Police Department arrest warrant and warrants stemming from bank robberies in Providence and North Providence.  Members of ...

KNBN NewsCenter1 December 21, 2020 RAPID CITY, S.D. – One suspect is in custody following an attempted convenience store robbery early Monday morning. At around 4:35 a.m. , police were dispatched to the Loaf ‘N Jug on the 1600 block of Mount Rushmore Road for a report of a robbery that had just occurred. On arrival, police made contact with an employee of the business. The employee informed police they were working when an unknown male entered to store and made a statement about the employee getting hurt before reaching into their backpack. The employee walked to a back office as the unkn...