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. 14, 2018 4:01 pm2644d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man who was transporting ‘massive” quantities of ice methamphetamine from the Southwest into Iowa pleaded …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2022 3:18 pm1381d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 17-year-old, who was ‘lying in wait” to shoot a 14-year-old boy outside of a laundromat last …
Crime & Courts Aug. 12, 2018 10:00 am2646d ago
Background Angela D. Beik, a former Linn-Mar High School nurse, was charged in April with having sex with a 16-year-old …
Crime & Courts Aug. 10, 2018 5:11 pm2648d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A jury awarded a former Lisbon High wrestler $150,000 in damages Thursday in his lawsuit against the …
Crime & Courts Aug. 8, 2018 7:59 pm2650d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque woman who distributed heroin and a fatal dose of methadone to a person in 2015 …
Crime & Courts Aug. 7, 2018 12:10 pm2651d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was convicted last week in federal court for distributing ice methamphetamine and illegally …
Community Aug. 6, 2018 1:30 am2653d ago
Being a finalist for the past nine years finally paid off for Emily Wears Kroul as she was named the …
Crime & Courts Aug. 3, 2018 6:06 pm2655d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first-degree murder trial for the man accused of assaulting and killing Gina Frederiksen in her garage …
Crime & Courts Aug. 2, 2018 1:15 am2657d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man will remain in jail pending trial on charges of sexually abusing a 13-year-old …
Crime & Courts Aug. 1, 2018 2:26 pm2657d ago
DAVENPORT – A Muscatine tax attorney pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to filing fraudulent tax returns for two people …
Crime & Courts Aug. 1, 2018 10:15 am2657d ago
DECORAH – A regional brewery in Decorah is suing its former head brewer, contending that the brewer – who signed …
Crime & Courts Jul. 30, 2018 7:55 pm2659d ago
IOWA CITY – Family members of Patty Mittauer, 54, who was killed in a 2016 traffic crash, showed up in …
Crime & Courts Jul. 29, 2018 6:07 pm2660d ago
TIFFIN – Mark Mittauer is ‘beyond angry” that the woman ultimately responsible for his wife’s death wasn’t going to face …
Crime & Courts Jul. 29, 2018 6:17 pm2660d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Being a prosecutor isn’t a ‘gender or race thing,” but does take a strong person who can …
Crime & Courts Jul. 27, 2018 4:22 pm2662d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who has distributed heroin since 2015 and contributed to two victims overdosing and …

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