Mike Wasike

A sentencing hearing for a Des Moines teen who participated in a carjacking that left a man with brain damage was continued this morning, partly due to new evidence about his behavior in jail. Leshaun Murray, 17, pleaded guilty to two…

Cheeks is one of three men accused of robbing Mike Wasike and leaving him brutally beaten in the street last February.  Cheeks is charged with two counts of first-degree robbery. Wasike is now confined to a wheelchair. Cheeks sat in court…

The medical bills are piling up for a Des Moines family five months after an attack during a carjacking left a man unable to see, talk or walk. Mike Wasike was the soul bread winner for his family who came to Iowa from Kenya hoping for a…

Felony robbery charges are not severe enough for three 15- and 16-year-old boys who pulled a northwest Des Moines man from his car at gunpoint, beat him over the head and took the car, the victim’s wife said Tuesday. “I think the police…