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. 10, 2018 8:26 pm2686d ago
IOWA CITY – Prosecutors want the trial reset for Curtis Jones, who is accused of killing an Iowa City bondsman …
Crime & Courts Sep. 13, 2018 9:55 am2683d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Opening statements will begin Tuesday in the Linn County trial for Gregory Davis, charged with killing his …
Community Sep. 9, 2018 10:11 am2687d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Linn County Board of Supervisors is hosting a resource clinic this month to help people overcome …
Crime & Courts Sep. 13, 2018 9:55 am2683d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge Friday denied a motion to continue Monday’s first-degree murder trial for a man accused of …
Crime & Courts Sep. 6, 2018 8:22 pm2690d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend and concealing her body in a roll …
Government & Politics Sep. 6, 2018 8:47 pm2690d ago
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted Thursday 79-12, confirming C.J. Williams as the next U.S. District judge for the Northern …
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2018 8:16 pm2691d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mexican national, who operated a large, multinational ice methamphetamine distribution ring, including Eastern Iowa, was sentenced …
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2018 6:09 pm2691d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who took part in a robbery that led to a fatal shooting last …
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2018 7:34 pm2691d ago
The former leader of a large heroin distribution operation in Cedar Rapids was sentenced Wednesday to over 30 years in …
People & Places Sep. 3, 2018 9:46 pm2693d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A nonprofit organization devoted to helping immigrants with legal issues for the last 19 years is having …
Crime & Courts Aug. 31, 2018 9:14 pm2696d ago
Bert Wolfson said it chills him to think he slept for five years next to the woman who was convicted …
Crime & Courts Aug. 30, 2018 7:28 pm2697d ago
An Iowa County jury found Mariana Lesnic guilty of first-degree murder in what might be the shortest deliberation time – …
Crime & Courts Aug. 29, 2018 7:43 pm2698d ago
MARENGO – Mariana Lesnic, who is charged in the death of a Monroe truck driver, admitted that she fatally shot …
Crime & Courts Aug. 28, 2018 7:29 pm2699d ago
MARENGO – Mariana Lesnic ‘made the decision” to shoot Ernest Kummer in the head four times on Sept. 6, 2017, …
Crime & Courts Aug. 28, 2018 6:01 pm2699d ago
MARENGO — Jury selection starts Tuesday for a woman who demanded the right to defend herself in the fatal shooting …

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