Dubuque Resident Taken into Custody on Several Charges, Including Intentional Injury and Domestic Violence

**May 30th, 2024**

![Joey Kanakanui Lopes](http://10.1.244.27:8080/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/0d8afe14-a848-48e4-a526-d1172930b317-12554-0000019952a27b2b_file-1.jpg)

**DUBUQUE, Iowa — On May 30, 2025, at approximately 6:16 a.m., 28-year-old Joey Kanakanui Lopes was apprehended at 2825 Pennsylvania Ave, Dubuque. His arrest followed a report filed with local police authorities. Lopes faces multiple charges: willful injury causing bodily injury (a felony), domestic abuse assault impeding air/blood flow causing bodily injury (also a felony), domestic abuse assault resulting in injury (a misdemeanor), and child endangerment (a misdemeanor).**

**Officer J. Ostwinkle of the Dubuque Police Department conducted the arrest. The circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation, and additional information regarding the victims involved has yet to be disclosed. Lopes remains in custody and is awaiting arraignment at the Dubuque County Courthouse.**