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 Nov. 2, 2018 5:23 pm2564d ago
IOWA CITY – A home day care provider accused of being neglectful of children in her care, including a 7-month-old …
Crime & Courts Oct. 30, 2018 7:22 pm2567d ago
INDEPENDENCE – Former reality TV star Chris Soules withdrew his motion late Monday to move his trial out of Buchanan …
Community Oct. 28, 2018 10:32 pm2569d ago
IOWA CITY — Madilyn Vitti wanted to take on a project related to the homeless issue, but as a 14-year-old, …
Crime & Courts Oct. 26, 2018 8:07 pm2571d ago
IOWA CITY – The trial for a man accused of fatally shooting a cabdriver last year is on track to …
Crime & Courts Oct. 26, 2018 7:32 pm2571d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County jury Friday acquitted an 18-year-old of first-degree murder and other charges following a 2016 …
Crime & Courts Oct. 25, 2018 7:26 pm2572d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A third man pleaded guilty Thursday in a marijuana robbery that led to the fatal shooting of …
Crime & Courts Oct. 24, 2018 7:25 pm2573d ago
MARENGO – A rural Williamsburg man will be sentenced next month for repeatedly stabbing another man who had a romantic …
Community Oct. 22, 2018 8:23 pm2575d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – After losing her son in a fatal shooting in 2016, Nina Woods said she couldn’t have made …
Crime & Courts Oct. 22, 2018 7:03 pm2575d ago
MARENGO – A woman convicted in August in the fatal shooting of a Monroe truck driver last year was sentenced …
Crime & Courts Oct. 22, 2018 4:47 pm2575d ago
MARENGO – A woman, convicted in August for killing a Monroe truck driver last year, was sentenced Monday to life …
Crime & Courts Oct. 19, 2018 8:57 pm2578d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Three men who distributed opioids that led to three deaths were sentenced to federal prison over the …
Crime & Courts Feb. 3, 2021 10:13 am1740d ago
MARION — Jenny Perez waits for the day she ‘falls apart,’ the day she remembers details of the horrific crash …
Crime & Courts Oct. 18, 2018 9:34 pm2579d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former youth basketball coach pleaded guilty Thursday to seven pornography counts over videotaping naked teenage players, …
Crime & Courts Oct. 18, 2018 8:36 pm2579d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual exploitation of a 13-year-old girl, as well as …
Crime & Courts Oct. 17, 2018 7:51 pm2580d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Parents of a 16-year-old girl are suing the Linn-Mar Community School District for not taking any action …

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