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. 19, 2019 7:46 pm2304d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge Friday reset the first-degree murder trial of a Cedar Rapids man accused of shooting Leland …
Community Jul. 19, 2019 6:23 pm2305d ago
LISBON – Baloo, an 18-month-old silver lab, was recently found starving, along with five other dogs in a Sioux City …
Crime & Courts Jul. 19, 2019 10:30 am2305d ago
Background A man initially evaded police by fleeing to Illinois after witnesses named him as the person who fired several …
Crime & Courts Jul. 19, 2019 1:00 am2305d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 34-year-old Clarence man pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to entice a minor into prostitution or another …
News Jul. 18, 2019 7:47 pm2305d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The state of Iowa filed a lawsuit Thursday against a Cedar Rapids company for asbestos removal violations …
Crime & Courts Jul. 16, 2019 8:00 pm2307d ago
DAVENPORT – A Georgia woman was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison for a scheme to steal more …
Crime & Courts Jul. 16, 2019 7:43 pm2307d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Manchester nurse was indicted earlier this month on federal charges of stealing nursing home patients’ …
Crime & Courts Jul. 12, 2019 7:09 pm2311d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial of a man charged in a fatal assault of a Marion mother of two has …
Crime & Courts Jul. 11, 2019 10:41 pm2312d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced this week to 60 years in prison for fatally shooting …
Crime & Courts Jul. 11, 2019 10:29 pm2312d ago
IOWA CITY – Adidas has been added as a defendant to a class-action lawsuit filed against former youth basketball coach …
Crime & Courts Jul. 10, 2019 4:08 pm2314d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge this week suspended the 20-year sentence of a former special education paraeducator who sexually abused …
Crime & Courts Jul. 10, 2019 3:56 pm2314d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who possessed more than 2,000 images and more than 50 videos of child …
News Jul. 5, 2019 7:53 pm2318d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The parents of a 21-year-old Marion man who killed himself in 2015 are suing the state of …
Crime & Courts Jul. 3, 2019 7:39 pm2320d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man charged in a fatal fire at Hawthorne Hills Apartments will claim insanity as …
Crime & Courts Jul. 3, 2019 6:51 pm2320d ago
IOWA CITY – A Johnson County jury convicted an Iowa City man last week for sexually abusing a child over …

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