Judge will not move trial of Cedar Rapids man charged in Chris Bagley fatal stabbing

CEDAR RAPIDS — A judge has denied moving the murder trial of a Cedar Rapids man accused of hiring two men to kill Chris Bagley in 2018, ruling there is insufficient evidence to show pretrial publicity would prevent a fair and impartial jury from being selected in Linn County. Sixth Judicial District Judge David Cox, in his ruling last week, said the majority of the news reports were “factual in nature” and didn’t indicate Andrew Thomas Shaw, 34, was guilty of the crime. The majority would be several years old...