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 May. 14, 2019 7:57 pm2371d ago
IOWA CITY – The sisters of an Iowa City man, who was assaulted by his son and later died in …
News May. 13, 2019 2:07 pm2372d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A fifth farmer involved in nearly $140 million scheme to sell fake organic grain was convicted last …
Crime & Courts May. 10, 2019 8:27 pm2374d ago
A teenager who sexually abused three kindergartners in 2016 at a Marion school was released last month from the Iowa …
Crime & Courts May. 10, 2019 11:35 pm2374d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Cedar Rapids man – who stole a gun in 2017 and fatally shot a woman …
Crime & Courts May. 9, 2019 8:17 pm2376d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – It’s been two months since Chris Bagley’s body was found buried in southeast Cedar Rapids and five …
Crime & Courts May. 8, 2019 5:33 pm2377d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man pleaded just before jury selection started this week for his trial in the …
Crime & Courts Dec. 14, 2021 12:16 pm1426d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids lawyer for convicted former youth basketball coach Greg Stephen has withdrawn his motion asking …
Crime & Courts May. 7, 2019 10:04 pm2377d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mount Vernon woman who sped into an oncoming car in 2017, killing two people, has pleaded …
News May. 7, 2019 9:05 pm2377d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Idaho man who conspired with his brother to influence a witness in a fraud case was …
Crime & Courts May. 6, 2019 7:52 pm2379d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman previously convicted of causing a crash that killed a cabdriver in 2009 was …
Crime & Courts May. 6, 2019 7:35 pm2379d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – One of the men who last talked to Christopher Bagley before he was killed during a fight …
Crime & Courts May. 3, 2019 7:59 pm2382d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A lawyer for former youth basketball coach Greg Stephen is claiming the 180-year sentence a federal judge …
Crime & Courts May. 2, 2019 9:35 pm2382d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A mother said her teen son didn’t remember former youth basketball coach Greg Stephen touching him during …
Crime & Courts May. 1, 2019 7:13 pm2384d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was charged Wednesday with distributing cocaine and illegally having a firearm as a …
Crime & Courts May. 1, 2019 6:45 pm2384d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A second Missouri man involved in selling non-organic grain as organic for millions of dollars throughout the …

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