116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Trish Mehaffey
Reporter covering state and federal courts, and whatever legal issues come my way. I also provide live coverage of criminal trials on Twitter @tmehaffey and welcome comments and questions from readers during the trials. Outside of work I love movies, tennis and my Kansas State Wildcats! Go Cats! Stay informed with the Public Safety newsletter.
Latest Articles by Trish Mehaffey
Crime & Courts May. 14, 2020 7:00 am2005d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Iowa and Georgia laws on citizen’s arrests are similar, but a Linn County prosecutor doesn’t recommend anyone …
Crime & Courts May. 12, 2020 9:00 pm2006d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who started a fight with Chris Bagley and held him down while another …
Crime & Courts May. 12, 2020 9:20 am2006d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An unsealed search warrant reveals more details of the grisly attack on Chris Bagley in 2018, as …
News May. 8, 2020 6:52 pm2010d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 32-year-old Cedar Rapids man, who received probation for a high-speed chase that he bragged about as …
Crime & Courts May. 8, 2020 3:38 pm2010d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque woman who helped her boyfriend and another person buy heroin that later led to a …
Government & Politics May. 8, 2020 11:00 am2010d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court has asked a group of criminal and civil lawyers, judges and court staff …
Crime & Courts May. 7, 2020 11:16 am2011d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court approved a pilot program in the 4th Judicial District – Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, …
Crime & Courts May. 7, 2020 10:50 am2011d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 17-year-old, charged in January with fatally shooting an 18-year-old during a drug robbery, was released in …
Crime & Courts May. 6, 2020 2:30 pm2012d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge has again reset the sentencing for a Manchester man convicted in February of fatally stabbing …
Crime & Courts May. 5, 2020 6:35 pm2013d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Colorado man was sentenced Monday to six years in federal prison for threatening to kill bank …
Government & Politics May. 4, 2020 9:00 am2014d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Federal court officials have made contingency plans to go forward with grand jury proceedings after May 11 …
Crime & Courts May. 4, 2020 11:12 am2014d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Linn County Sheriff’s deputy who filed a complaint last year is now suing the county …
Crime & Courts Apr. 30, 2020 11:30 am2018d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Fairfax man, who was convicted of lesser charges in a 2008 fatal shooting of a …
Crime & Courts Apr. 29, 2020 1:34 pm2019d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Tuesday sentenced a Cedar Rapids man, who has been convicted of multiple felonies, to …
Crime & Courts Apr. 29, 2020 8:30 am2020d ago
Both the Linn and Johnson county jails are following protocols to stop the spread of coronavirus – including handing out …

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