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Des Moines Register A man was extradited from California to Iowa after being charged in the 2011 death of a Cedar Rapids man.  Mykel Allan Roberts, 29, was charged with first degree murder, attempted murder and going armed with intent in the killing of Dexter Meeks. No suspect was identified in Meeks' death before Roberts confessed to the killing at a California sheriff's office last year.  At the time of Roberts' confession in April 2020, he was being held in custody by the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department in Modesto, California for attempted murder and other charges stemming from ...

Cedar Rapids Police Announce Arrest in Cold Case Murder In what is clearly a wonderful case of cooperation between police departments nearly two thousand miles apart, the Cedar Rapids Police Department (CRPD) has announced an arrest in a cold case murder. In the early morning hours of June 26, 2011, Dexter Meeks of Cedar Rapids and his brother, Andrew, had just returned from the Tycoon Bar in downtown Cedar Rapids. As the two were sitting on the porch of Dexter's apartment on 15th St. S.E., Andrew noticed a man stop in the alley. He then began firing a gun at them. With Dexter's assistance, A...

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...