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 May. 14, 2018 5:20 pm2736d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge has ruled that prosecutors can’t use a portion of a police interview with a man, …
Crime & Courts May. 10, 2018 5:51 pm2740d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man and another man from Washington were sentenced to several years in prison this …
Crime & Courts May. 10, 2018 2:00 pm2740d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to over three years in prison for unlawfully …
Crime & Courts Feb. 6, 2023 2:41 pm1007d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The second trial for Nicholas Luerkens, accused of fatally stabbing his former girlfriend in a grocery store …
Crime & Courts May. 8, 2018 5:37 pm2742d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A former youth basketball coach charged with secretly recording naked teenage players in a bathroom is asking …
Crime & Courts May. 7, 2018 6:00 pm2743d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 21-year-old man who attempted to rob the Freedom Bank in Monona was sentenced Monday in federal …
Crime & Courts May. 7, 2018 5:38 pm2743d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two Waverly men who distributed counterfeit pills that contained a potent narcotic used in an elephant tranquilizer …
Crime & Courts May. 7, 2018 5:33 pm2743d ago
IOWA CITY – A North Liberty man faces up to 35 years in prison for plotting to kill his former …
Crime & Courts May. 6, 2018 8:30 pm2744d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman said she just happened to be awake when she saw a man entering …
Crime & Courts May. 5, 2018 7:09 pm2745d ago
A Committee on Jury Selection was appointed last year by the Iowa Supreme Court to review how jury pools and …
Government & Politics May. 4, 2018 2:46 pm2746d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa Supreme Court Justice Bruce B. Zager announced Friday his retirement after a 19-year judicial career, serving …
Crime & Courts May. 4, 2018 2:08 pm2746d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Last month a federal judge dismissed charges against a Cedar Rapids man who was accused of interfering …
Crime & Courts May. 5, 2018 1:17 pm2745d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Police are asking for the public’s assistance in the investigation of several burglaries that occurred on the …
Crime & Courts May. 3, 2018 6:13 pm2747d ago
DAVENPORT – A Solon man pleaded guilty last week to cyberstalking a Solon teen, sending her over 170 unwanted text …
Crime & Courts Feb. 14, 2023 10:22 am999d ago
IOWA CITY – A North Liberty man accused of plotting to kill a former business associate and his family will …

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