Theft at 300 BLOCK OF ELLIS AVE on 03/30/2026 6:57 PM
Type: Theft
Date: 03/30/2026 6:57 PM
Description: Theft 5th -- Possess/Control Under $300
Address: 300 BLOCK OF ELLIS AVE, Iowa City, IA
Case Number: 2026003252
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Name
Willie BrocksAge
49Cause of Death
ShootingInfo
About 7:15 a.M. On saturday, november 27, 1999, 49-year-old willie junior brocks was found in front of a home in the 400 block of 15th st. Se in cedar rapids. He had been shot in the head.Brocks resided at 702-1/2 l st. Sw in cedar rapids, and according to brenna griffith, the mother of six of his children, brocks had friends and relatives in southeast cedar rapids and it wouldn’t have been unusual for him to be there.Neighborhood residents described brocks, who used to live in the area, as a happy-go-lucky person popular for the unique bicycles he created and rode around the neighborhood.Agency
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