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 Aug. 14, 2019 12:33 pm2348d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kathryn and Jeffrey Schussler wanted to find purpose amid calamity — the suicide of their 21-year-old son, …
Crime & Courts Sep. 13, 2022 3:14 pm1222d ago
IOWA CITY – An Iowa City man accused of intentionally diving the wrong way on Interstate 80 to kill himself …
Crime & Courts Aug. 8, 2019 11:39 pm2353d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former psychology graduate student who treated 21-year-old Dane Schussler before he died by suicide about a …
Crime & Courts Aug. 7, 2019 7:38 pm2355d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – In a continuing effort to combat drug crimes in Linn County and Eastern Iowa, the U.S. Attorney’s …
Crime & Courts Aug. 6, 2019 9:33 pm2356d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Dane Schussler, 21, died by suicide Nov. 9, 2015, but the story of what may have led …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 10:47 pm2359d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The mother of 18-year-old AnnaElise Edgeton, who was fatally shot last year, said the murder changed her …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 10:50 pm2359d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man, who was deported from China in June, will remain in jail pending trial on …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 9:33 am2360d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Rejecting Cody Brown’s assertion he was only trying to defend himself, a Linn County jury Thursday found …
Crime & Courts Jul. 31, 2019 11:46 pm2361d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cody Brown said his girlfriend Stephanie Bowling was ‘angry” when she shoved him, so he pushed her …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 1:13 pm2360d ago
Reporter Trish Mehaffey is providing live coverage of the Cody Brown involuntary manslaughter trial. Brown, 27, of Marion, is on …
Crime & Courts Jul. 30, 2019 8:22 pm2363d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A medical examiner testified Tuesday that 24-year-old Stephanie Bowling died from blunt force injuries to her head …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2019 1:12 pm2360d ago
Reporter Trish Mehaffey is providing live coverage of the Cody Brown involuntary manslaughter trial. Brown, 27, of Marion, is on …
Crime & Courts Jul. 29, 2019 6:20 pm2364d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge last week sentenced a man, formerly from Traer and Independence, to 20 years in …
Crime & Courts Jul. 29, 2019 6:36 pm2364d 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 pm2366d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Cody Brown asked police ‘Is this like murder or what’s going on?” when questioned about how his …

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