Crash on I-380 in Downtown Cedar Rapids Causes Traffic Back-up
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A crash on southbound I-380 in downtown Cedar Rapids has led to a large traffic back-up on the interstate, extending up to the 42nd Street exit. The crash happened just before 7 a.m. Friday near the 7th Street NE interchange in downtown Cedar Rapids. Several accidents were reported in the resulting traffic back-up. At one point, the back-up had extended to Collins Road in northeast Cedar Rapids.
NewsLine9 callers reported that traffic had returned to normal by 8:45 Friday morning.
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Man Expected to Recover After Late-night Shooting in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – A man is expected to recover after he was shot Thursday night in Cedar Rapids.
Officers responded around 10:14 p.m. to 720 1/2 Fourth Ave. SE and found a man who had been shot in the left arm. The man, identified as 35-year-old Joshua Spears of Cedar Rapids, was taken to St. Luke’s Hospital and later transferred to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City. His injuries were not life-threatening, police said. Investigators determined three men, two black and one white, entered the apartment through an unlocked door, and one of the men displayed a “long gun.” Some words were exchanged and Spears was shot. The three suspects then fled the area.
Police believe Spears was targeted, but are unsure about all the circumstances involved. It was the first shooting of the year in Cedar Rapids after a sharp spike in gunfire in 2012. Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call Linn County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-CS-CRIME (272-7463) or send a text message to CRIMES (274637) with 5227 in the subject or message area, along with the tip.
Reward money is available if the information leads to an arrest!
Search For Suspects After Christmas Morning Drug Bust
FAYETTE, Iowa – Nine days after a drug bust in the early morning hours of Christmas, the Fayette County Sheriff is hoping someone can lead them to two former Upper Iowa University football players.
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Bryan Galde Mr Lizard
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Tom Krause Looks to me like there wasn’t much “suspected” to it, that stuff don’t grow in a closet by itself.
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Monica Vandello Malott maybe they went to washington or colorado?
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Whitney Murphy Maybe the state should spend their resources on stopping murders/rapists or maybe put it towards our degrading public school system. It’s weed…big deal. No one ever died from weed. We have bigger issues to deal with…like our state debt.
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Lance Wilson That shouldn’t even be illegal. Ridiculous.
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Ron Hayes “Mary Christmas” lol
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Sandy Mullinex Legalize and tax it…get us out of debt!!
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Amanda Steggall wow, how bout we worry more about crimes that have a victim and not something that could potentially cure something or be what will solve the debt I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens in WA and CO!
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Ron Hayes If it was legal and I said around smoking dope all day I imagine I probably wouldn’t feel like going to work . kind of like the people that do it now. That’s not going to fix anything
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Quinton Ray How bout them police do their own damn job and leave people alone who don’t give a damn where those dudes are. Arrest people for real crimes that actually affect the community
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Quinton Ray Ron that’s a myth. Back when I smoked i carried a job the whole time and 2 at times as well
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Whitney Murphy Actually Ron, there are a lot of people that work who smoke pot… not everyone is a 16 yr punk high school kid getting high. Some ppl have anxiety and they’d rather smoke a natural plant than to pump themselves full of pills. You’d be surprised… there are a lot of fully functional – productive – and rich pot smokers.
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Phil Luetchford Tobacco is more dangerous than marijuana. More people die annually from caffeine and aspirin. Decriminalization of marijuana would create thousands of jobs and allow police to focus on violent offenders. Why is marijuana still illegal?
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Earl Pranger DON’T HELP THEM. Tell them to do there own jobs if they wanna look for people doing something small lke that. As said b4 go look for people doing much worse.
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Valeria Baskerville Christmas morning? Come on, guys.
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Ann Skemp maybe a photo of the guys would work better than a shot of their weed. Duh
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Rev-Wayne Little Richard ooo winning that war on drugs!! what a waste of time and money on the states part
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Seth Powell Chasing people for drug violations is a waste of time
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Bob Paxson What was that address?
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Jeff Carruthers Ron I have smoked pot for 40 years and employed over 100 people.
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Jeff Carruthers no victim, no crime
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Gary Grubb What a waste. That’s what your tax payer dollars go to Iowa paying for stopping a weed grower. Hey it’s legal in my state. move to Washington it’s much better here.
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Eric Van Laarhoven I think this is in my STATE! Would not surprise me, at least the 563 area code is from my area.
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Eric Van Laarhoven http://highdeas.com/world-business/The_Governments_Monkey_Experiment
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Eric Van Laarhoven Please watch a documentary called the UNION. Educate yourself before spreading more LIES.
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Eric Van Laarhoven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jO_ncXj7REThe Union crew has decided to place a high quality version of The Union on-line …See More
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Peggy Walker Hope you find them. People don’t care about they health ,when using bad drugs. They will pay the price someday.
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Kayla Pegues Funny how this is illegal in one state and perfectly legal in the next. No one should be persecuted for marijuana
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Ron Hayes actually all the people that responded to my original text up above ….studies we’re done and shows that people who smoke pot on a regular basis have short term memory loss and miss more work days in a person that does not smoke marijuana. You can google and find out for yourself the results.
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Ron Hayes *than a person who doesn’t..
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Ron Hayes Effects on Life:
Research clearly demonstrates that marijuana has the potential to cause problems in daily life or make a per-son’s existing problems worse. In fact, heavy marijuana users generally re-port lower life satisfaction, poorer mental and physical health, relation-ship problems, and less academic and career success compared to their peers who came from similar back-grounds. For example, marijuana use is associated with a higher likelihood of dropping out from school. Several studies also associate workers’ mariju-ana smoking with increased absences, tardiness, accidents, workers’ com-pensation claims, and job turnover.
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Dennis Maulson Maybe just a tad one sided! NIDA!
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Eric Van Laarhoven Good point Trey
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Eric Van Laarhoven “Has the potential”. That is hardly a fact. McDonald’s cheeseburgers have the potential to make people far but it’s definitely not true for everyone Ron!
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Eric Van Laarhoven I agree that is a biased site Ron. That’s like trying to get pro democratic news from FOX news lmao your ridiculous. One day I will be legal in all 50 states. 2 down over 17 states have medical marijuana. Prohibition does not work. It worked so well with alcohol right?
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Eric Van Laarhoven It will be legal*
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Gary Grubb The use of Marijuana has never been the leading cause of death ever… That is fact. How is that such a bad drug? Can we say the same for alcohol or tobacco? Heck how many people have died from Tylenol? More then Marijuana. Your argument Ron^^^^ Holds no weight.
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Eric Van Laarhoven Nobody has ever died from the use of marijuana Gary Grubb. You can die from drinking to o much water! Should we make H2O illegal????
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Gary Grubb I think so, if it has the potential to kill.
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Eric Van Laarhoven That last question as aimed to Ron not u Gary as I know you support the legalization of MJ. Lets put drug dealers out of business!!!
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Gary Grubb Along with Guns, Paper clips, baseball bats, lighters, and maybe even pillow cases.
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Eric Van Laarhoven Haha right
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Eric Van Laarhoven Habana don’t forget cars and plastic bags!
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Eric Van Laarhoven Bahahahahaha *
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Eric Van Laarhoven We just need all these old ass baby boomers to DiE already and then Marijuana will be legal because the smarter generations after them will have more sense.
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Eric Van Laarhoven Haha just looking at Rons FB page no wonder he supported Romney/Ryan duo-d-bags. And he watches FOX NEWS!!! Why am I not surprised. Probably watch Bill O’ Riley and Listen to Rush Limbough. SMFH
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Ronda Menge Hood Just because alcohol and tobacco are legal does not mean that pot should be. Poor argument my friend.
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Eric Van Laarhoven Lets see alcohol and to tobacco kill thousands of people every year. Weed deaths = ZERO so what is your point exactly? Rhonda??
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Mitchell Terhaar Them naughty boys. If they could find a way to tax it it would be illegal. Just saying.
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S.m. Garringer Am I seriously seeing people talking about using pot for 40 years in a state where it is illegal? You people do realize this is a public forum, frequented by members of the law enforcement community; right?
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Eric Van Laarhoven Just because u support something does not mean you use it. I also support gay marriage but I am not gay. It’s called FREEDOM OF SPEECH welcome to America
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Gary Grubb Like I care its legal where I live hahaha
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Gary Grubb Garringer your gay hahaha
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Eric Van Laarhoven I guess the retarded cannot be educated. I am so done with this post.
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Kayla Pegues S.m. Saying you use mj in a public forum cannot get you in trouble. I could walk up to a cop right now and tell him I smoke and he couldn’t do anything if I am not carrying it
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Kayla Pegues And in response to Ron up there, there are many studies also proving how mj actually helps to regrow brain cells and can be very useful in treating mental illness.
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Mike Volesky In a country with sane and rational drug laws, these guys would be entrepreneurs, not fugitives facing 10+ years in prison for growing a plant that is less harmful than booze and many prescription drugs. Tylenol is more dangerous than marijuana. Take a few too many tylenols and your liver will fail and you’ll die. I’ve never heard of a confirmed case of someone dying from a marijuana overdose.
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Kathy Thomas I think going after the Meth and Herion dealer, would make for a better story. I know pot isn’t legal in our state, I don’t think the effects are any different than drinking…maybe more giggles…can that be so bad?
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John Barnett Then we all can toke up
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Rich VonTakoda lol, f*k the cops … leave the natural herb growers alone!
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Donald Lehner Hasnt this kind of vigulanty justice gone on long enough,, Marijuana laws are a entilement program for white police officers,, welfare for the rich
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Donald Lehner People need to care about what they do themselves and not worry about two guys out in the country on their own property
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Dennis Cronbaugh They will soon legalize it I think.
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Trish Deming Come on, leave the poor guys alone. It could be worse, they could be cooking crack. Think of them as entrepreneurs, trying to make a living, and keeping their income below $450,000 so their taxes don’t go up
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Eric Van Laarhoven See even the people on this post are a Majority for MJ. It will happen. The same thing happened with the alcohol prohibition. couple states here, couple states there, then the Federal government had no choice but to make alcohol Legal again. Its what the majority wants. So eventually it will def be legal. Either way. It will never go away.
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Jan Kiel move to colorado with the rest of the dopers………..
(Time is 10:00 am now)
How many people will be made into criminals over these archaic marijuana laws? When will it be morally unacceptable to throw someone in prison for growing/using a plant that can be found growing all over Iowa in the wild? Just remember, there is a market here for marijuana and where there is a market for illegal drugs there are always people willing to take the risk to fulfill that void. Not everyone likes to go out and booze it up! The war on drugs has become a war on American families and the resources we’re using to fight this so called war could be used elsewhere to solve real crimes with real victims! Legalizing the plant could save our economy! We will never get anywhere with this until we get rid of Branstad!
We aren’t even a week into the New Year and already someone was shot here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Guns and gun laws have become a hot topic! Gun stores are reporting record sales since the mass shootings across the country took place.