Trish Mehaffey

A Cedar Rapids man who physically and sexually abused a child for more than 10 years and recorded himself was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison. He also collected child sexual abuse images.

A Davenport man, who was just released from a federal prison for robbing two Iowa City banks in 2014, is now charged for the third time with robbing Hills Bank and Trust in Iowa City last week.

An Iowa City man faces 10 years in prison for soliciting a child to have sex with him last summer. He approached a 10-year-old girl, suggesting sexually explicit acts and the child ran away crying to find her mother.

A judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids felon to 15 years for illegally having a gun when he fired multiple times at another man who was driving away from shooter following a confrontation in a Westdale Mall parking lot in 2024.

A federal judge sentenced a Michigan man to 18 months in prison, calling his disruptive and assaultive behavior on a Sky West flight, which was forced to land in Cedar Rapids last year, “beyond obnoxious as he terrorized” everyone on the plane.

Prosecutors are asking for a civil forfeiture on two houses in Iowa City and Alabama -- totaling nearly $1 million -- owned by an Iowa City couple accused of running prostitution services out of their two massage parlors.

The Johnson County Attorney’s Office, along with many others across Iowa, offers a payment plan to individuals who have lost their driver’s license due to court debt. They can apply for this payment plan and get their license back while they pay off the debt.

Wife of slain Anamosa correctional officer can move forward in her gross negligence claims against the Iowa Department of Corrections and prison officials, according to an Iowa Supreme Court ruling.

A Cedar Rapids man charged with two counts of attempted murder and six other charges asked for a new lawyer, citing trust and communications issues. His trial, which was set to start next month, will not go. It will be reset after a new lawyer is appointed.

A Cedar Rapids man, who was armed and attempted to hold a pregnant woman in his Marion business in 2024, was sentenced to 20 years for firearm convictions.

A Cedar Rapids man pending trial for five years took a plea deal last month in a burglary and fatal shooting from 2020. His trial was set to start this week in Linn County.

Data on sex abuse cases that were lingering in the system shows significant improvement with some of the oldest cases being resolved or nearly resolved since changes were made to the way they’re tracked. There has been a 55 percent increase in cases being resolved over last year.

Trials were down for federal prosecutors in 2025 after reaching an all time high in the last four years, but caseloads were 14.5 percent higher, with guns and drugs being the top charges.

The trial for a Marion charged in a crash that seriously injured a woman and also terminated her pregnancy has been reset to Feb. 3.

Two Cedar Rapids men said they are grateful to Linn County Drug Treatment Court for giving them a foundation to build new sober lives. The two were among six who graduated last week. The court started in 2007 and has graduated more than 100 participants.