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 Apr. 17, 2019 6:06 pm2398d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man accused of assaulting a woman who later died hasn’t been charged in her death, …
Crime & Courts Apr. 10, 2019 8:44 pm2405d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A fourth man has been arrested in connection with an alleged large-scale marijuana trafficker, who was robbed …
Crime & Courts Apr. 9, 2019 7:33 pm2406d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man pleaded guilty Tuesday in a scheme to defraud a homeowners association out of more …
Crime & Courts Apr. 8, 2019 11:57 pm2406d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge has ruled against the family of a man fatally shot by police in 2015. …
Crime & Courts Apr. 5, 2019 9:31 pm2410d ago
Cedar Rapids police investigative reports can be made public as part of a lawsuit filed against the city by a …
Crime & Courts Apr. 4, 2019 7:09 pm2411d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Chicago man who distributed heroin and fentanyl near Time Check Park was sentenced Wednesday to more …
Crime & Courts Apr. 4, 2019 6:20 pm2411d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 2017 fatal shooting initially happened in a vehicle when a teenager, now 19, shot 34-year-old Leland …
Crime & Courts Apr. 4, 2019 7:59 am2411d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Already charged with sexual abuse, a Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the 2017 …
Government & Politics Apr. 3, 2019 8:24 pm2412d ago
DES MOINES – Recently retired Iowa Supreme Court Justice Daryl Hecht, who was receiving cancer treatment, died early Wednesday, the …
Crime & Courts Apr. 2, 2019 6:08 pm2413d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 15-year-old girl Tuesday said she felt ‘broken, dirty and alone” last April after a 23-year-old Mechanicsville …
Crime & Courts Apr. 1, 2019 7:50 pm2414d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Christopher Bagley was stabbed to death during a fight over the robbery of a large-scale marijuana trafficker …
Crime & Courts Apr. 1, 2019 2:45 pm2414d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – National Crime Victims’ Rights Week kicks off this weekend as the criminal justice community and victim services …
Crime & Courts Mar. 29, 2019 8:27 pm2417d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Fairfax man, whose son committed suicide in February, is now dealing with unfounded rumors that his …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 8:44 pm2419d ago
MONTEZUMA – A judge ruled Wednesday to move the trial for a man accused of fatally stabbing 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts …
Crime & Courts Mar. 28, 2019 8:37 am2418d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A friend concerned about Chris Bagley, who was found buried at a southeast Cedar Rapids home earlier …

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