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 Feb. 4, 2019 6:50 pm2470d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — After 2-year-old Bella Loffer died, Cody Stevenson confessed to police that his punches caused her death. But during …
Crime & Courts Feb. 1, 2019 7:47 pm2473d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The daughter of a woman who was fatally stabbed 26 times in 2017 told her mother’s killer …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2019 3:56 pm2470d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Williamsburg man accused of punching a toddler who later died testified Friday that he didn’t hurt …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2019 3:55 pm2470d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A professor of psychology and social behavior testified Thursday that false confessions sometimes happen when a person …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2019 3:52 pm2470d ago
A forensic pathologist shared details Wednesday about the autopsy of 2-year-old Izabella ‘Bella” Loffer, who a Williamsburg man is accused …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2019 3:55 pm2470d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A retired Williamsburg police officer testified Tuesday that Cody Stevenson admitted to punching his girlfriend’s 2-year-old daughter …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2019 6:11 pm2477d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Manchester man, charged in the fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979, pleaded not guilty …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2019 12:35 pm2477d ago
IOWA CITY – A Coralville man was sentenced Monday to up to 33 years in prison for sexually abusing a …
News Jan. 25, 2019 5:20 pm2480d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday indefinitely suspended the law license of a former assistant Marshall County …
Crime & Courts Jan. 24, 2019 6:40 pm2481d ago
A Mount Pleasant man, previously convicted of killing an Iowa City cabdriver, was also found guilty this week of fatally …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2019 3:54 pm2470d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A jury was expected to be selected late Wednesday in the trial of a Williamsburg man accused …
Crime & Courts Jan. 25, 2019 2:44 pm2480d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn County shows a steady decline in the number of drunken driving cases since 2014, going from …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2019 3:54 pm2470d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of a Williamsburg man accused of hitting a 2-year-old child …
Community Jan. 22, 2019 10:37 am2483d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Veterans and the Rollergirls are teaming up off the rink for a Black and Blue Masquerade Ball …
Government & Politics Jan. 18, 2019 2:35 pm2487d ago
A Cedar Rapids judge, federal prosecutor and an Iowa City attorney are three of 19 applicants to fill the vacancy …

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