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 Oct. 17, 2019 9:24 pm2283d ago
The man accused of killing Mollie Tibbetts last year plans to hire two more expert witnesses, at the public’s expense, …
Crime & Courts Oct. 17, 2019 4:16 pm2284d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Independence man was charged this week with sexual exploitation of children and distributing images over the …
Crime & Courts Oct. 17, 2019 10:30 am2284d ago
Background Almost four years later and a Cedar Rapids man still hasn’t made it to trial in the robbery of …
Crime & Courts Oct. 16, 2019 9:09 pm2284d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 14 years in federal prison for distributing heroin …
Crime & Courts Oct. 16, 2019 6:11 pm2285d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former director of a day care in Toledo will plead guilty to embezzling at least $5,000 …
Crime & Courts Oct. 15, 2019 7:54 pm2286d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman told a judge Tuesday that a shooting in 2017 ‘dramatically changed my life …
Crime & Courts Oct. 16, 2019 10:46 am2285d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The cold case murder trial for a Manchester man charged with fatally stabbing 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in …
Crime & Courts Oct. 11, 2019 5:07 pm2290d ago
IOWA CITY – Trial for the former director of a student Jewish organization, accused of sexually abusing a child, has …
Crime & Courts Oct. 9, 2019 7:49 pm2292d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – One of the men who last spoke to Chris Bagley before he was killed was sentenced to …
Crime & Courts Oct. 10, 2019 10:51 am2291d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing a …
Crime & Courts Oct. 8, 2019 6:44 pm2293d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque man was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in federal prison for distributing heroin …
Crime & Courts Oct. 9, 2019 5:37 pm2292d ago
VINTON – A Vinton man recently was sentenced to 10 years in prison for firing at police last year when …
Crime & Courts Oct. 8, 2019 6:20 pm2293d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who faces up to 10 years on a firearms charge has been indicted on a charge …
Crime & Courts Oct. 7, 2019 7:22 pm2294d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man charged in two fatal shootings and seriously injuring two others outside a smoke shop May …
Crime & Courts Oct. 4, 2019 9:11 pm2296d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who illegally bought 28 guns between August 2015 and August 2018 was sentenced …

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