March 28, 2024

Deputies complain to state about county’s top prosecutor

TIPTON — Sheriff’s deputies in an eastern Iowa county said they’ve filed a complaint with the state’s attorney oversight office about the county’s top prosecutor. They said he’s too lenient on defendants and has made inappropriate comments to sex crime victims.

All 13 Cedar County deputies shared with the county board a Feb. 20 letter expressing no confidence in County Attorney Jeff Renander.

“This was not a sudden decision,” chief deputy Kevin Knoche said. “We’ve had concerns for a while and it finally got to the point where we believed we had to do something.”