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 Jul. 29, 2019 6:36 pm2295d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who sexually exploited a 13-year-old girl and possessed child pornography was sentenced to …
Crime & Courts Jul. 26, 2019 10:44 pm2297d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cody Brown asked police ‘Is this like murder or what’s going on?” when questioned about how his …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 1:14 pm2291d ago
Reporter Trish Mehaffey is providing live coverage of the Cody Brown involuntary manslaughter trial. Brown, 27, of Marion, is on …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 1:12 pm2291d ago
Reporter Trish Mehaffey is providing live coverage of the Cody Brown involuntary manslaughter trial. Brown, 27, of Marion, is on …
Crime & Courts Jul. 26, 2019 1:17 pm2298d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman said she heard a noise in the early morning hours of June 28, 2018, and …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 1:14 pm2291d ago
Reporter Trish Mehaffey is providing live coverage of the Cody Brown involuntary manslaughter trial. Brown, 27, of Marion, is on …
Crime & Courts Jul. 24, 2019 9:24 pm2299d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman who was best friends with 24-year-old Stephanie Bowling said she started receiving emotional and ‘frantic” …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 1:14 pm2291d ago
Reporter Trish Mehaffey is providing live coverage of the Cody Brown involuntary manslaughter trial, beginning with opening statements Wednesday. Brown, …
Crime & Courts Jul. 24, 2019 3:46 pm2300d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge is sending a Cedar Rapids man back to prison for over a year for …
Crime & Courts Jul. 24, 2019 9:00 am2300d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jury selection will continue today in the trial for a man charged in the fatal assault of …
Crime & Courts Jul. 23, 2019 9:14 pm2300d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who wasn’t wearing any pants when he forced his way into a woman’s …
Crime & Courts Jul. 23, 2019 8:16 pm2300d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A teenage boy said Tuesday that a former Linn-Mar High School nurse ‘betrayed me and ruined my …
Crime & Courts Jul. 30, 2019 6:38 pm2294d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman testified Monday that Neal Johnson, on trial this week for burglary, was the man who …
Crime & Courts Jul. 22, 2019 4:21 pm2302d ago
IOWA CITY – A 70-year-old Central City man, who fatally shot his friend in the back in 2012, died last …
Crime & Courts Jul. 19, 2019 7:36 pm2304d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man involved in a fight that led to another man’s fatal shooting in 2015 …

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