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. 5, 2018 1:15 pm2745d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A judge set a $2 million bail Wednesday for the man accused of killing a 38-year-old mother …
Crime & Courts May. 2, 2018 12:59 pm2748d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 38-year-old Cedar Rapids man faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of Gina Frederiksen, who …
Government & Politics May. 1, 2018 2:47 pm2749d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Attorney Mark A. Roberts has been selected as the next U.S. District magistrate for the Northern District …
Crime & Courts Apr. 30, 2018 1:21 pm2750d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A jury found three Waterloo family members guilty last week in federal court for distributing cocaine and …
Community Apr. 29, 2018 8:38 pm2751d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Anastasia Basquin, who works with crime victims, says her job ‘takes a toll” at times, but she …
Crime & Courts Apr. 27, 2018 6:32 pm2753d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Susan Roeder said Friday her sister, Deborah Roman, loved her son and would have forgiven him for …
Crime & Courts Apr. 27, 2018 8:02 pm2753d ago
IOWA CITY – A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids woman, who authorities say was speeding and texting when she crashed into another …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 6, 2023 1:57 pm1007d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr. and law enforcement partners on Thursday highlighted the dangers of counterfeit prescription …
Crime & Courts Apr. 25, 2018 4:46 pm2755d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge, in reviewing a magistrate’s order, affirmed the ruling to keep a former youth basketball …
Crime & Courts Apr. 23, 2018 5:42 pm2757d ago
MARENGO – A woman, accused of fatally shooting a Monroe truck driver last year, admits she doesn’t understand the rules …
Crime & Courts Apr. 20, 2018 5:35 pm2760d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man, who is accused of killing his girlfriend and concealing her body in a carpet roll …
Crime & Courts Apr. 19, 2018 5:53 pm2761d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Ottumwa man, already serving time in a state prison for robbery and burglary and for threatening …
Crime & Courts Feb. 6, 2023 2:43 pm1007d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court for illegally having a stolen gun after being …
Government & Politics Apr. 19, 2018 4:46 pm2761d ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Chief Magistrate CJ Williams received a 19-2 vote from the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, sending …
Crime & Courts Feb. 3, 2021 12:39 pm1740d ago
NEVADA, Iowa — After just three hours of deliberations, a jury Wednesday found Keith Furne was text messaging when he …

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