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 Sep. 26, 2018 12:55 pm2670d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Fayette man, convicted of having bombs in his home, must undergo a mental and competency evaluation …
Crime & Courts Sep. 25, 2018 9:06 pm2671d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge on Tuesday rejected a deferred judgment for a 22-year-old Cedar Rapids woman, who, while speeding …
Government & Politics Sep. 24, 2018 11:33 am2672d ago
The Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi has received a $373,511 grant to use for public safety and community …
Crime & Courts Sep. 20, 2018 1:00 am2677d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Wednesday ordered a Wyoming man, charged with attempting to strangle his wife and illegally …
Crime & Courts Sep. 19, 2018 8:32 pm2677d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Tipton man was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting a child and …
Crime & Courts Sep. 19, 2018 8:11 pm2677d ago
MONTEZUMA – The man charged in the fatal stabbing of Mollie Tibbetts pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Poweshiek County District Court. …
Crime & Courts Sep. 18, 2018 7:22 pm2678d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Tuesday ordered a Fayette County man, who was convicted of having bomb-making materials in …
Crime & Courts Sep. 18, 2018 7:20 pm2678d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge revoked probation and handed down a 10-year prison sentence for a Cedar Rapids man who …
Crime & Courts Sep. 17, 2018 7:54 pm2679d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for a man accused of assaulting and throwing to the ground a woman who later …
Crime & Courts Sep. 17, 2018 7:47 pm2679d ago
IOWA CITY – Prosecutors will not ask to reset the trial of a man accused in the fatal shooting of …
Crime & Courts Sep. 17, 2018 4:06 pm2679d ago
MONTEZUMA – The man charged in the fatal stabbing of Mollie Tibbetts will be arraigned Wednesday in Poweshiek County District …
Crime & Courts Sep. 14, 2018 6:46 pm2682d ago
A Marion man showed no visible emotions Friday as a judge read a verdict declaring him guilty of first-degree murder …
Crime & Courts Sep. 14, 2018 9:18 am2682d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Gregory Davis had intent to kill his ex-girlfriend when he stabbed her 26 times because he believed …
Crime & Courts Sep. 13, 2018 9:54 am2683d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The mother of Gregory Davis, the Marion man on trial this week for murder charges in the …
Crime & Courts Sep. 13, 2018 9:54 am2683d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An investigator testified Tuesday he recovered a torn up, signed confession by Gregory Davis where he said …

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