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Glass Rd. murder victim may have been out-of-towner
No arrests have been made in the shooting death of Dominique Mosby next to a patio outside an apartment along Glass Road on Friday night. It’s not clear Mosby even lived in Cedar Rapids, and it’s not...
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Hey! Crime is actually down in Cedar Rapids
It has declined dramatically. The six-month crime statistics, released into my hot hands by police Wednesday, refute the popular perception (see soundbite from wild-eyed resident on local telecast)...
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The facts don’t lie, dude
I’ve been noticing something today about the crime is declining story I wrote for the newspaper. A lot of people don’t believe it. Now don’t get me wrong, I know police had to chase down a woman after...
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911 tapes released in Ed Thomas shooting
Dispatcher: “Butler County 911.” Daryl Myers: “This is Daryl Myers. I work for the school. We, uh, had, a, I think a shooting right now in the bus barn down at the high school.” Dispatcher: “Where at?”...
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Paraplegic accused in domestic is breaking the jail’s bank
Correction: This blog post was badly incorrect until 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, when I changed it. Kruse’s insurance company covered his medical expenses during his time at University Hospitals and Clinics in...
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Section 8 myths/facts
Myth: Most Section 8 vouchers in Cedar Rapids are held by people from Chicago. Fact: 93 percent of vouchers in Cedar Rapids were issued locally, and the program requires one year of residency, and has...
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Crime way down across the nation (and in C.R.)
The Washington Post is reporting huge declines in violent crime this year across the country: “The District, New York and Los Angeles are on track for fewer killings this year than in any other year in...
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Reality and the Chicago connection
Eastern Iowa fears of the Chicago migration are nothing new, and they’re beginning to become cyclical. This is the lead of a big Sunday story in The Gazette on Aug. 18, 2003: Christina McGowan...
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About those Chicago billboards
The Iowa Department of Economic Development has been advertising Iowa, as a place to live, in Chicago since the 1980s. The department ran an ad on billboards along I-294, I-90, I-290 and I-94 in May,...
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Police might leave stone age on pawnshop tracking
Cedar Rapids police are looking into paying for an online database that will make it easier to track items at pawn shops. Before the flood, the Cedar Rapids Police Department was looking at using...
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