Cedar Rapids Man Arrested for Threatening to Blow up Courthouse. CEDAR RAPIDS — Two-time city council candidate and carnival business owner Robert Bates faces charges for first-degree harassment and making threats with an explosive device after police officers arrested Bates at his home Thursday night.
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