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. 12, 2020 9:20 am2076d 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 pm2079d 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 pm2079d 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 am2080d 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 am2081d 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 am2081d 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 pm2082d 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 pm2082d 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 am2084d 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 am2084d 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 am2088d 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 pm2089d 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 am2089d ago
Both the Linn and Johnson county jails are following protocols to stop the spread of coronavirus – including handing out …
Business News Apr. 27, 2020 11:20 am2091d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Local not-for-profit organizations have been pushed to create on the fly and figure out how to move …
Crime & Courts Apr. 23, 2020 8:30 am2095d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Cedar Rapids and Anamosa podiatrist will plead guilty to prescribing painkillers to patients who didn’t …

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