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. 6, 2019 6:47 pm2234d 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 pm2234d 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 pm2235d 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 pm2238d 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 pm2238d 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 am2238d 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 pm2241d 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 pm2244d 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 am2172d 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 am2245d 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 pm2248d 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 pm2245d 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 am2248d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Collins Aerospace employee is suing the company and a co-worker, asserting the man sexually harassed …
Crime & Courts Nov. 20, 2019 1:51 pm2250d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge will allow a statement made to police by a man, charged with fatally shooting two teens …
Crime & Courts Nov. 20, 2019 11:13 pm2249d ago
A former office manager for the Iowa City Area Development Group intends to plead guilty to a scheme in which …

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