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 Aug. 28, 2018 6:01 pm2630d ago
MARENGO — Jury selection starts Tuesday for a woman who demanded the right to defend herself in the fatal shooting …
Crime & Courts Aug. 27, 2018 7:09 pm2631d ago
MONTEZUMA – The man accused in the death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts has hired new lawyers from Marshalltown as he …
Crime & Courts Aug. 24, 2018 7:28 pm2634d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Ottumwa man, already serving time for robbery and threatening to kill former President Barack Obama, pleaded …
Education Aug. 24, 2018 6:09 pm2634d ago
DAVENPORT – A former University of Iowa student was sentenced to four months in federal prison for using keyloggers – …
Crime & Courts Aug. 23, 2018 8:04 pm2635d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque man convicted of distributing multiple pounds of ice methamphetamine and shipping large quantities of cash …
Crime & Courts Aug. 23, 2018 7:57 pm2635d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Brazilian tattoo artist pleaded guilty Thursday to intimidating a flight crew on a Canadian flight bound …
Crime & Courts Aug. 22, 2018 8:47 pm2636d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, accused of robbery, gun and drug charges in connection to the fatal shooting …
Crime & Courts Aug. 22, 2018 7:28 pm2636d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who skipped the state after being granted bond despite protests from prosecutors now faces human trafficking …
Crime & Courts Dec. 3, 2021 1:27 pm1437d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former substitute teacher convicted of sexual exploitation of a Washington High student last year will start …
Crime & Courts Aug. 21, 2018 7:31 pm2637d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Monticello man, whose distinctive tattoo of red lips helped identify him to police, pleaded guilty Tuesday …
Crime & Courts Aug. 20, 2018 8:01 pm2638d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman, charged in the fatal crash that killed two people last year, had marijuana …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 19, 2018 7:14 pm2639d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — It’s about ‘chasing the high,’ and every day he makes compromises to justify something he always said …
Crime & Courts Aug. 17, 2018 6:26 pm2641d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge ruled this week that the prosecution can’t use a police interview during one of the …
Crime & Courts Aug. 14, 2018 7:49 pm2644d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former nurse, who used patient identities to steal pain pills for himself while employed at Franklin …
Crime & Courts Aug. 14, 2018 7:41 pm2644d ago
In an episode that has tested the legal authority of police in Iowa to keep secret the details of their …

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