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 Dec. 11, 2019 8:21 am2160d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who recruited his cousin to break in to a Cedar Rapids man’s home and force …
Crime & Courts Dec. 9, 2019 4:41 pm2161d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ruled Monday that an Iowa man, charged with cyber stalking and harassing a woman …
Crime & Courts Dec. 6, 2019 6:47 pm2164d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman asked a judge Friday to sentence a man, who was partially naked and …
Crime & Courts Dec. 5, 2019 11:21 pm2165d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman testified Thursday she was in bed with her boyfriend when a former boyfriend …
Crime & Courts Dec. 4, 2019 7:47 pm2166d ago
IOWA CITY – An Iowa City architect, charged with secretly recording an employee while she pumped breast milk 22 times …
Crime & Courts Dec. 2, 2019 5:45 pm2168d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Tama County man was charged Monday with child pornography after he told another man on a …
Crime & Courts Dec. 2, 2019 6:16 pm2168d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn County jury selection started Monday afternoon for a Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally shooting a …
Government & Politics Dec. 2, 2019 12:00 am2169d ago
When that white postcard arrives in the mail summoning you to jury duty, think twice before pretending not to see …
Crime & Courts Nov. 28, 2019 11:01 pm2172d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge miscalculated a federal prison sentence for a Cedar Rapids man, charged in the fatal stabbing …
Crime & Courts Nov. 26, 2019 5:36 pm2174d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mexican woman, who was illegally working at a meatpacking plant in Postville, was convicted by a …
Crime & Courts Feb. 6, 2020 10:48 am2103d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Manchester man accused of killing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979 wants his trial moved because the news coverage has generated …
Crime & Courts Nov. 25, 2019 10:01 am2176d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Myron McDaniel has tackled many challenges over his 31-year career, whether it be …
Crime & Courts Nov. 21, 2019 7:54 pm2179d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former member of the Aryan Brotherhood, charged in state court with covering up and lying to …
Crime & Courts Nov. 25, 2019 3:30 pm2175d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Idaho man who conspired to pay off his brother’s victim in a $2.4 million wire fraud and …
Crime & Courts Nov. 22, 2019 10:06 am2179d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Collins Aerospace employee is suing the company and a co-worker, asserting the man sexually harassed …

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