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CEDAR RAPIDS A man who was imprisoned in California a year ago is now in Iowa, charged in a fatal shooting that killed a 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man almost 10 years ago.
Cedar Rapids police investigators say Mykel Allan Roberts, 29, confessed to the June 25, 2011, shooting that killed Dexter Meeks.
Roberts is charged with first-degree murder, attempt to commit murder and going armed with intent.
He made his initial appearance in Linn County District Court on Thursday morning, where his cash-only bond was set at $3 million.
Meeks, 22, was shot as he and his brother, Andrew, sat outside on the porch of his apartment at 211 15th St. SE. around 2 a.m.
CEDAR RAPIDS A night of playing cards and drinking alcohol turned deadly for Tremaine Williams, 35, on March 4 after he was fatally stabbed at a friend’s house while others were sleeping.
A search warrant affidavit said three 911 calls were made. On the third call, Williams’ girlfriend, Jacqueline Holmes, then 36, spoke to a police dispatcher. She was crying and said her “fiance’s” chest wasn’t “rising.” The dispatcher tried to walk her through CPR, but she said she couldn’t because Williams had a laceration near his shoulder.
When officers arrived about 4:25 a.m. to Phillips Rogers’ house at 727 Eighth Ave. SW, no one answered the door, the affidavit said. Officers entered from the back door through the kitchen and to a bedroom. They saw droplets of blood on the kitchen table, blood on the cabinets and what appeared to be dried blood on a paper towel. Williams was found gravely wounded on the floor, partially blocking the door of the bedroom. Holmes was sitt