Judge refuses to toss murder charge in Bagley slaying
Cedar Rapids judge denies defense bid to dismiss first-degree murder charge against Andrew Shaw 36 for allegedly hiring Johnny Blahnik Church and Drew Wagner to kill Chris Bagley in 2018. Ruling allows joint-criminal conduct and aiding and abetting theories to proceed with evidence.
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Cedar Rapids
Chris Bagley
Sixth Judicial District
David Cox
Andrew Shaw
Bagley
Walker
Shaw
Cox
Johnny Blahnik Church
Drew Blahnik
Marion
Drew Wagner
Blahnik Church
Wagner
Trafficking sentence delayed in Linn County case
Hiawatha man Jarod Earl Anderson faced life without parole after a Linn County jury found him guilty of human trafficking of a minor sexual abuse pimping and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor The sentencing was postponed as Judge Ian Thornhill appointed new counsel citing a breakdown with prior lawyers and Anderson's trial testimony included a wink at a courtroom photographer The 2024 incidents involved a 17 year old Dubuque teen who testified she was sexually exploited by Anderson after being given alcohol and mushrooms and held in a hotel room with multiple men to be paid The victim now 18 identified photos of her nakedness on Andersons phone Torres the woman present testified and pleaded to three prostitution related charges and received up to eight years in prison The case marked the first to go to trial under Iowas updated human trafficking of a minor law and the sentence delay sets a new date for sentencing.
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Cox
Bagley
Wagner and Blahnik Church
Wagner
Blahnik Church
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Dubuque
Sixth Judicial District
Ian Thornhill
Jarod Earl Anderson
Anderson
Austin Luse
Bryan Tingle
Thornhill
Linn County
Iowa
Tana Torres
Torres
Four Oaks
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