Emily Andersen

2 days ago | thegazette.com | Emily Andersen

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Sunday night, after police responded to reports of a shooting, on charges that he threatened a woman with a knife Joe Exson-Grigler, 35, is charged with assault with a weapon and first-degree harassment. According to a criminal complaint, he approached a woman on Sunday while displaying a pocket knife and threatened to kill her.

5 days ago | thegazette.com | Emily Andersen

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A Coralville man was arrested Thursday after a police investigation found he had 19 videos of child pornography saved on his computer, authorities said. Edward Whitehouse, 57, is charged with 19 counts of possessing a depiction of a minor in a sex act.

6 days ago | thegazette.com | Emily Andersen

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Fire crews were called Thursday to the Archer Daniels Midland Corn Processing plant in southwest Cedar Rapids after two people were injured in an “industrial incident,” according to the Cedar Rapids Fire Department. The department said there was no fire involved, but did not provide more details about what occurred at the plant, 1350 Waconia Ave. SW.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Emily Andersen

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A Central Iowa man was arrested Tuesday in Linn County on charges that he attempted to meet with someone he believed was 14 years old to have sex. Ryan Ottem, 28, of Nevada, Iowa, is charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, enticing a minor under 16 and phone dissemination of obscene materials to a minor.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Emily Andersen

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday on a charge of prostitution after police say he contacted on online account that actually was run by officers. James Gbetilgbo, 35, contacted a spoof profile online April 24 and was told the person running the profile was 15 years old. He acknowledged the fake profile’s age, and agreed to pay $150 for sex, according to a criminal complaint.