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. 20, 2019 7:18 pm2249d ago
IOWA CITY – The husband accused in the stabbing death of his wife, a University and Iowa Hospitals and Clinics …
Community Nov. 19, 2019 9:00 am2251d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Who would have guessed pranking your buddy could lead to creating a nonprofit that feeds hundreds of …
Crime & Courts Nov. 15, 2019 2:03 pm2255d ago
MONTEZUMA – Attorneys for the man accused of killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts argue key evidence and statements …
Crime & Courts Nov. 13, 2019 9:02 pm2256d ago
MONTEZUMA – A law enforcement official testified Wednesday that the body of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts eventually would …
Crime & Courts Nov. 12, 2019 7:10 pm2257d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque man pleaded guilty Tuesday to making multiple threats against President Donald Trump in April, which …
Crime & Courts Nov. 12, 2019 8:12 pm2257d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A grieving brother asked a judge Tuesday to send two 19-year-old men to prison for their part …
Crime & Courts Nov. 8, 2019 10:29 pm2261d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County jury on Friday found Donald Harris guilty of a lesser charge in the fatal …
Crime & Courts Nov. 8, 2019 5:42 pm2262d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who shipped in BMW vehicles packed with marijuana and flew in multiple pounds …
Crime & Courts Nov. 7, 2019 11:55 pm2262d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Donald Harris, who is accused of fatally shooting another man during a drug robbery, testified Thursday he …
Crime & Courts Nov. 7, 2019 10:52 am2263d ago
MONTEZUMA – The lawyers for the man accused in the slaying of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts want him to testify via …
Crime & Courts Nov. 6, 2019 6:32 pm2264d ago
DES MOINES – A Tama County man convicted last year for killing his fiance in 2000 has been denied an …
Crime & Courts Nov. 6, 2019 6:48 pm2264d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Romanian man pleaded Tuesday in federal court to using numerous counterfeit magnetic strip cards to take …
Crime & Courts Nov. 5, 2019 8:03 pm2264d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Donald Harris told several others ‘I saw him take his last breath” after shooting a man he …
Crime & Courts Nov. 4, 2019 5:06 pm2266d 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 am2265d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who witnesses say became angry at a party and shot another man, was …

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