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 Mar. 27, 2019 10:30 pm2418d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man with connections to the missing Walker man found earlier this month, buried at …
Crime & Courts Mar. 26, 2019 6:05 pm2420d ago
IOWA CITY – A grieving mother Tuesday said she can’t comprehend the loss of her ‘thoughtful, witty son,” who was …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 2:11 am2419d ago
MONTEZUMA – The man accused of fatally stabbing Mollie Tibbetts won’t be tried in Poweshiek County, where the 20-year-old went …
Crime & Courts Mar. 26, 2019 4:07 pm2420d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge Tuesday denied reducing a $10,000 bail for a 19-year-old father accused of causing a head …
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2019 2:02 pm2253d ago
Latest update: April 10, 2019 More details of how and why 31-year-old Christopher Bagley of Walker was stabbed to death …
Crime & Courts Mar. 22, 2019 8:20 pm2424d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Vancouver, Wash., woman, trying to find out more about her father’s side of the family, never …
Crime & Courts Mar. 21, 2019 8:29 pm2425d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who inquired about hiring a ‘hit man” to kill a University of Iowa …
Crime & Courts Mar. 20, 2019 7:02 pm2426d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge on Wednesday found a man committed perjury during his sentencing hearing and increased his …
Crime & Courts Mar. 20, 2019 7:55 pm2426d ago
MONTEZUMA – A judge ruled Wednesday that the state will pay a $3,200 stipend for an expert witness to assist …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 2:17 pm2419d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two more people linked to a missing Walker man found buried in southeast Cedar Rapids have been …
Crime & Courts Mar. 18, 2019 5:54 pm2428d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 20-year-old Marion man was convicted last week of sexually assaulting an intoxicated 15-year-old girl and then …
Education Aug. 17, 2021 2:08 pm1545d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two Cedar Rapids school resource officers said about 85 percent of the problems they deal with revolve …
Crime & Courts Mar. 15, 2019 4:46 pm2431d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who distributed several pounds of ice methamphetamine while in and out of state prison was …
Crime & Courts Mar. 15, 2019 4:35 pm2431d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal magistrate ruled Friday a New Hampton man will remain in jail pending trial on charges …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 2:18 pm2419d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two men with connections to a missing Walker man found buried in southeast Cedar Rapids have been …

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