Lang
3/12/25
A Clinton County man is accused of stealing a car from an Iowa City resident and crashing it elsewhere.
24-year-old Cortney Woodland of Clinton was booked into the Johnson County Jail just after 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. Iowa City Police say Woodland was staying with a woman at the Peninsula Apartments on Foster Road on February 21st when the woman found that Woodland had left with her car keys and her 2016 Kia Optima LX. The woman showed investigators text messages indicating she had confronted Woodland about taking the car and he had admitted to having it.
It was ultimately determined that the car had been involved in a crash in another jurisdiction.
Woodland is charged with Operating a Vehicle Without Owners’ Consent. If convicted, he faces a maximum of two years in jail.