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 Feb. 6, 2020 10:46 am2103d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — On the 40th anniversary this month of Michelle Martinko’s death, family and friends gathered at her grave …
Crime & Courts Dec. 24, 2019 1:30 pm2147d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman will spend nearly a decade in federal prison for distributing ice methamphetamine in …
Crime & Courts Dec. 23, 2019 8:03 pm2147d ago
Rejecting most contentions from the defense, a judge ruled Monday that key evidence against the man charged with killing University …
Crime & Courts Dec. 20, 2019 7:35 pm2150d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man stated two ‘animals,” who were not ‘humans,” changed his life forever after tying him up …
Crime & Courts Feb. 6, 2020 10:47 am2103d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Manchester man wants a judge to toss out the key DNA evidence that authorities say links …
Crime & Courts Dec. 19, 2019 6:41 pm2151d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday after being convicted on a …
Crime & Courts Dec. 20, 2019 1:42 pm2151d ago
The Iowa Judicial Branch recently received a three-year $500,000 federal grant to set up uniform standards for 19 adult problem-solving …
Crime & Courts Dec. 17, 2019 6:06 pm2153d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was convicted Tuesday by a Linn County jury of killing a man and …
Crime & Courts Dec. 17, 2019 2:43 pm2154d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Springville bank president who attempted to hide bad loans from a federal bank examination was …
Crime & Courts Dec. 16, 2019 6:26 pm2154d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for two men charged in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley last December has been …
Crime & Courts Dec. 13, 2019 10:25 pm2157d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge will not move a trial out of Linn County for a man accused of killing …
Crime & Courts Dec. 12, 2019 10:08 pm2158d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An associate state medical examiner testified Thursday a 27-year-old Cedar Rapids man’s death was caused by complications …
Crime & Courts Dec. 11, 2019 7:17 pm2159d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 22-year-old California man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for sexual exploitation of …
Community Dec. 11, 2019 9:30 am2160d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Installing 5,000 Christmas lights and sequencing those to ‘You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch” and traditional carols …
News Feb. 6, 2020 10:48 am2103d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for a Manchester man charged with killing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979 will be moved out …

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