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Covers Linn County government and general assignments.

Suspicious Marion article was harmless: police

                      A suspicious device that shut down traffic in uptown Marion this morning was a harmless length of brass wrapped in tape, police said. Cedar Rapids’ bomb-disposal robot was called … Continue reading

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Armed man robs Westdale shoe store

An armed man robbed a Westdale Mall store Saturday night, police said. A clerk at the Finish Line athletic shoe store said the man came into the store about 8:15 p.m. and picked out a pair of shoes. When the … Continue reading

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Cedar Rapids man charged in motorcycle fatality

Jagger Glubka has been cited for failing to yield to a motorcycle in the accident that killed the cycle’s rider, Marion police said. Glubka, 18, of Cedar Rapids, was driving west on Hennessey Parkway the afternoon of March 24 when … Continue reading

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Early warmth brings spate of cycle accidents

March’s record-breaking warmth brought out motorcyclists, leading to a string of fatal accidents in Eastern Iowa. “People aren’t watching for motorcycles in March,” said Phil McCormick of Clear Lake, state coordinator for the motorcycle riders’ group ABATE. Only one of … Continue reading

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Man was drunk, armed, slashing tires at mall lot: police

Danny L. Rohr, 50, was arrested Thursday afternoon after he was spotted slashing the tires of a vehicle in the Lindale Mall parking lot, police said. A passerby called police a few minutes after 4 p.m. to report a man … Continue reading

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Pizza shop disturbance lands man in jail

Djuan J. Canady, 18, was arrested after he threatened employees at a Cedar Rapids pizza shop Wednesday night, police said. Officers responding to a reported robbery at Papa Murphy’s Pizza, 3335 Center Point Rd. NE, a few minutes after 8 … Continue reading

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Cedar Rapids man charged after disturbance

Collin Doss, 18, was arrested Tuesday afternoon after an altercation at his home, police said. Officers called to 1561 Bever Ave. SE about 3 p.m. talked to Doss’s stepfather Douglas Triplett, 30, who told them he’d been struck several times … Continue reading

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Driver hospitalized after morning accident on Collins Road NE

Matthew Crowder, 36, of Albuquerque, N.M., was hospitalized after his vehicle struck a pole along Collins Road NE this morning, police said. Crowder was alone in his car and driving east about midnight when he lost control near the Rockwell … Continue reading

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Huge crowds didn’t mean big St. Pat’s Day arrest numbers

Despite huge crowds on a summer-like Saturday, Cedar Rapids police made just one more arrest on St. Patrick’s Day than they did in 2011, and several fewer than in 2010. Arrests for public intoxication (17) and drunken driving (6) were … Continue reading

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Speed a likely factor in fatal motorycle crash: police

Updated by Dave Franzman at 5:20 p.m. Updates in bold with family comments Police investigators have some apparently reliable witnesses to the motorcycle accident that killed two people Saturday night on the main street of Cedar Rapids’ Czech Village. Courtney … Continue reading

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