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. 14, 2019 9:26 pm2432d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Tama County man was charged Thursday in connection with hitting his daughter’s boyfriend in the head …
Crime & Courts Mar. 12, 2019 4:46 pm2434d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A straw used to sip soda led authorities to the Manchester man two months later they would …
Community Mar. 11, 2019 5:12 pm2435d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – This year’s annual court service awards were presented earlier this month to clerks, court attendants and court …
Government & Politics Mar. 10, 2019 7:23 pm2436d ago
A bill before Iowa lawmakers would clarify the role of expert testimony in child sex abuse cases, providing consistency and …
Crime & Courts Mar. 8, 2019 6:40 pm2438d ago
IOWA CITY – The sentencing for a Mount Pleasant man, convicted of killing an Iowa City bondsman, was halted Friday …
Crime & Courts Mar. 6, 2019 7:53 pm2440d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for one of the two men accused of robbing and fatally shooting Tarrance Newman in …
Crime & Courts Mar. 5, 2019 6:57 pm2441d ago
MOUNT VERNON – The former janitor at Cornell College – accused of covertly taking more than 100 photos of women …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 2:19 pm2419d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Christopher Bagley of Walker, who was found buried last week in a yard in southeast Cedar Rapids, …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 2:20 pm2419d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Authorities expect preliminary autopsy results this week of the body found buried last Friday in a yard …
Crime & Courts Mar. 4, 2019 6:21 pm2442d ago
MONTEZUMA – Lawyers for the man accused of fatally stabbing Mollie Tibbetts last summer want his trial moved out of …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2019 2:20 pm2419d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A missing Walker man’s body was found buried in a yard in southeast Cedar Rapids on Friday, …
Crime & Courts Feb. 28, 2019 8:03 pm2446d ago
MANCHESTER – An Earlville man was arrested on a murder charge Thursday, months after police say his wife was stabbed …
Crime & Courts Feb. 28, 2019 5:24 pm2446d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, considered a ‘career criminal,” was sentenced Thursday to over 24 years in prison …
Crime & Courts Feb. 28, 2019 4:57 pm2446d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who has 16 drunken driving convictions and multiple violations of driving without a …
Crime & Courts Feb. 28, 2019 5:53 pm2446d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A fire intentionally set at an apartment complex in southwest Cedar Rapids sent four adults – one …

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