Lang
12/19/21
A plea hearing is set for Monday for a local transient accused of trying to kill an Iowa City convenience store employee during a robbery.
Online court records show 35-year-old transient Trell Grant plans to plead guilty.
Iowa City Police say Grant robbed and stabbed a clerk at Delimart on Lower Muscatine Road just before midnight on August 21st of last year. Arrest records indicate Grant entered the store, walked behind the counter, and quickly and repeatedly stabbed the clerk with a knife until the clerk opened the cash register drawer. Grant then fled the scene with money from the register.
The victim was transported to an area hospital for treatment of multiple stab wounds and required immediate surgery.
Grant was taken into custody later that day at the Town & Campus Apartments on Arthur Street. He’s charged with Attempted Murder and 1st Degree Robbery.
If convicted on both charges, Grant faces a maximum of 50 years in prison.