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Crime

Tama man charged with kidnapping, grooming

On Sept. 5, the Toledo Police Department formally filed charges against a Tama man suspected of grooming, kidnapping and sexually abusing a teenage victim. Jose Sic Muz, 40, was taken to the Tama County Jail, and he has since posted a $10,000 bond and been released. According to a criminal ...

Tama man dies after being run over by vehicle in Marshalltown

MARSHALLTOWN — Ezra Oliver Seymour, 23, of Tama, was pronounced dead on Saturday after he was intentionally run over by a car in Marshalltown early that morning. Trequan Merez Cosgrove, 25, of Marshalltown, who had previously been convicted of multiple felonies in connection with a 2019 ...

Tama man charged with vandalizing Sandhill Auto Salvage

Local man Christian Ramirez-Zepeda, 19, was arrested by the Tama County Sheriff's Department on Sunday, Aug. 18, and charged with first degree criminal mischief, a Class C felony. Ramirez-Zepeda was charged with a crime allegedly committed back on the weekend of April 19. According to a ...

Karina Cooper’s murder trial reset to February 2025

TOLEDO – Karina Sue Cooper’s first degree murder trial has been reset to February of 2025. On July 30, Assistant Attorney General Michael H. Ringle filed a motion for a continuance of the 10-day jury trial which had been set to begin Oct. 1 of this year. The State asked for the date ...