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 Jul. 26, 2018 8:31 pm2663d ago
IOWA CITY – A North Liberty man who plotted to kill a former business associate and his family, including two …
Crime & Courts Jul. 25, 2018 7:31 pm2664d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Brazilian tattoo artist, charged with intimidating flight crew on a Canadian flight to Chicago and causing …
Crime & Courts Jul. 24, 2018 8:28 pm2665d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ruled Tuesday that two men will remain in jail and one will be released …
Crime & Courts Jul. 23, 2018 5:35 pm2666d ago
A Marion man, charged with killing a woman at the Shamrock Apartments in January, pleaded guilty last week in federal court …
Crime & Courts Jul. 18, 2018 8:31 pm2671d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who sought immunity under Iowa’s stand-your-ground law after authorities say he shot and …
Crime & Courts Jul. 17, 2018 5:44 pm2672d ago
TOLEDO – A judge gave a Tama man five years probation for sexually abusing an 8-year-old girl multiples times over …
Crime & Courts Jul. 17, 2018 3:44 pm2672d ago
NORTH LIBERTY – A judge Monday sentenced a North Liberty man to two years probation for sexually abusing four young …
Crime & Courts Jul. 16, 2018 9:38 pm2673d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge denied immunity Monday to a Cedar Rapids man who asserted he had shot another armed …
Crime & Courts Jul. 16, 2018 6:56 pm2673d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Monday ordered a 19-year-old with a violent criminal past to stay in jail pending …
Crime & Courts Jul. 16, 2018 10:55 am2673d ago
In Iowa, when there’s an opening on the state Supreme Court, people apply for the job. They’re interviewed for the …
Crime & Courts Jul. 16, 2018 10:58 am2673d ago
Some say the ‘elephant in the room’ couldn’t be ignored this time around when a vacancy opened on the Iowa …
Crime & Courts Jul. 11, 2018 2:30 pm2678d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Iowa man admitted Wednesday to stealing trade secrets from DuPont and lying to federal agents when …
Crime & Courts Jul. 10, 2018 5:32 pm2679d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Gloria Olson said Tuesday her husband, Michael, was ‘my everything, my love of 40 years.” She continues …
Crime & Courts Jul. 9, 2018 5:31 pm2680d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Monday revoked pretrial release pending sentencing for a Cedar Rapids woman convicted in May …
Crime & Courts Jul. 9, 2018 7:06 pm2680d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A second man charged with attempted murder who planned to ask the court for immunity under Iowa’s …


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