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 Nov. 4, 2019 5:06 pm2196d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Opening statements will begin Tuesday in the trial for a Cedar Rapids man charged in a 2017 …
Crime & Courts Nov. 5, 2019 12:44 am2196d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who witnesses say became angry at a party and shot another man, was …
Crime & Courts Nov. 1, 2019 4:55 pm2199d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man was sentenced Thursday to 18 months in federal prison for defrauding a homeowners association …
Crime & Courts Nov. 2, 2019 1:13 am2199d ago
Update: Drew Michael Wagner turned himself in late Friday to the Linn County Jail, authorities said. He was wanted on …
Crime & Courts Oct. 31, 2019 3:07 pm2200d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who traveled from Minnesota to Iowa to have sex with two teen girls after responding to an …
Crime & Courts Oct. 31, 2019 2:35 pm2201d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former director of a Toledo day care pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzling at least $5,000 in …
Crime & Courts Oct. 31, 2019 6:54 pm2200d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Seven months after authorities found Chris Bagley’s body buried in the frozen ground on the southeast side …
Crime & Courts Oct. 29, 2019 5:08 pm2202d ago
IOWA CITY – An Iowa City man charged with intentionally driving the wrong way on Interstate 80 to kill himself …
Crime & Courts Oct. 25, 2019 9:03 pm2206d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County jury on Friday found a Cedar Rapids man guilty of burglary and of severely …
Crime & Courts Oct. 25, 2019 6:49 pm2206d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The attorney for a man charged in the fatal shooting of two teens in May outside a …
Crime & Courts Oct. 24, 2019 8:24 pm2207d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man convicted by a Linn County jury earlier this month for slamming the mother …
Crime & Courts Oct. 23, 2019 6:06 pm2208d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Tipton man was sentenced Wednesday to 14 years for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in 2018. …
Crime & Courts Oct. 23, 2019 8:53 pm2208d ago
VINTON – A Vinton woman has been charged with embezzling nearly $300,000 from a car dealership where she worked for …
Crime & Courts Oct. 22, 2019 2:40 pm2210d ago
MONTEZUMA – A judge reset a hearing, postponed early Tuesday, to Nov. 13 for the man charged with fatally stabbing …
Crime & Courts Oct. 21, 2019 12:24 pm2211d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Manchester man accused of fatally stabbing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979 waived his right to speedy …

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