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 Mar. 28, 2018 8:44 am2783d ago
IOWA CITY — In one of the early tests of Iowa’s new ‘stand your ground’ law, a judge ruled Tuesday …
Crime & Courts Mar. 27, 2018 6:53 pm2784d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Tipton man who produced and traded child pornography with others was convicted by a jury in …
Crime & Courts Jun. 3, 2022 1:17 pm1255d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge said Tuesday he ‘struggled” with the decision to go along with the plea agreements …
Crime & Courts Mar. 24, 2018 9:06 am2787d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha man accused of killing his mother by shoving a rotten apple down her throat will …
Crime & Courts Mar. 21, 2018 7:44 pm2790d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who police say was texting when he crashed his pickup truck into a …
Crime & Courts Jan. 5, 2022 9:58 am1404d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – After hearing new evidence that a former youth basketball coach may have inappropriately touched young players during …
Government & Politics Jan. 11, 2022 9:46 am1398d ago
U.S. Chief Magistrate CJ Williams, nominated to be the next district judge in the Northern District of Iowa, told the …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2022 2:04 pm1381d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 26-year-old Wisconsin man, who posed as a male and female online to attract minors and solicit …
Crime & Courts Mar. 18, 2018 6:30 am2794d ago
Two early tests of Iowa’s new ‘stand your ground’ deadly force law have exposed the measures’s ambiguities, leading different judges …
Crime & Courts Mar. 15, 2018 5:05 pm2796d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced two Winneshiek County brothers to nearly four years in prison for …
Crime & Courts Mar. 15, 2018 2:42 pm2796d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A federal judge reset a detention hearing Thursday for a former Iowa Barnstormers coach, who is charged …
Crime & Courts Mar. 14, 2018 7:10 pm2797d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque man, who received multiple pounds of ice methamphetamine to distribute and then shipped large quantities …
Crime & Courts Mar. 12, 2018 5:29 pm2799d ago
IOWA CITY – A Cedar Rapids man, known to friends as ‘Santa Claus,” was sentenced to 19 years in prison …
Crime & Courts Mar. 11, 2018 8:00 pm2800d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Assistant Linn County Jason Besler is the first recipient of the Outstanding Service Award given by the …
Crime & Courts Mar. 7, 2018 1:07 pm2804d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man and woman were charged in federal court Monday with distributing heroin in the …

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