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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...

By Sue Danielson Feb 25, 2021 (Cedar Rapids, IA) -- A man's been charged in a 2011 Cedar Rapids murder. Dexter Meeks was 22-years old when he was shot and killed while sitting on his porch, June 26th, 2011. The case went cold until a year ago, when a California prison inmate confessed. Mykel Roberts has since been extradited to Linn County, and is charged with Murder, Attempted Murder and Going Armed with Intent. Bond is set at $3,000,000. Police say just before 3 a.m. on June 26th, 2011, Dexter Meeks was sitting on the porch of his apartment building at 211 15thStreet SE with his brot...

02/10/21 Two Cedar Rapids men are in custody after being accused of driving down to Iowa City Tuesday night to confront someone over a previous home invasion. Police say 31-year-old Shannon Williams of Oakland Road Northeast and 22-year-old Devon Hanson of Rockford Road Southwest went to a home in the 900 block of South Van Buren Street just before 10:30pm with the intent of confronting the person who allegedly committed a home invasion in Cedar Rapids. Hanson stayed in the car, and Williams, allegedly carrying a gun, went to the house for “justice,” in his words The residents called poli...

Morales was taken into custody two days after the shooting. A news release from the Sioux City Police Department says detectives are still working on identifying other suspects involved in the attack. From the Sioux City Police Department: News release from the Sioux City Police Department: The Woodbury County Attorney has charged 19-year-old Christopher I. Morales of Sioux City with 1st Degree Murder for the death of Mia Kritis after he fired a gun into a house on Jan. 1 in the 2600 block of Walker St. Three other people were struck by the gun fire and are recovering from the wounds they rec...

By Terry Leahy Jan 13, 2021 Council Bluffs Police say they have arrested two men in connection with a shooting early Tuesday evening near North 31st St. and Avenue "L," to the south of I-29. Investigators say 32-year old Jeffrey Enders of the Bluffs was hospitalized with a head wound. Prior to officers’ arrival, witnesses informed the 9-1-1 Center that two unknown males were seen running from one of the apartments in the Northgate Apartment complex towards the parking lot. Police say 22-year old Gage Eggum of Omaha and 28-year old Cody Chapin of Council Bluffs were later found and interv...