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. 6, 2018 5:21 pm2805d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Oelwein chiropractor has agreed to pay nearly $80,000 to settle allegations that he provided patients on …
Crime & Courts Mar. 3, 2018 7:26 am2809d ago
IOWA CITY – The trial for a man accused of killing an Iowa City bail bondsman last year remains on …
Crime & Courts Mar. 2, 2018 7:34 pm2809d ago
IOWA CITY – A Tipton man pleaded guilty Friday to lesser charges in the shooting of a man during a …
Crime & Courts Mar. 2, 2018 2:28 pm2809d ago
IOWA CITY – A Cedar Rapids man, nicknamed ‘Santa Claus,” will plead guilty to lesser charges Monday in the stabbing …
Crime & Courts Mar. 1, 2018 4:54 pm2810d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three years in prison for manufacturing …
Education Jan. 24, 2023 3:06 pm1020d ago
An online petition has started and a protest is scheduled as parents learned that a teacher placed on leave and …
Crime & Courts Feb. 28, 2018 8:41 pm2811d ago
MARION – The teacher who was sued over allegations she failed to report child sex abuse by a teenage classroom …
Crime & Courts Feb. 28, 2018 1:47 pm2811d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque County man who illegally had a firearm and methamphetamine was sentenced Tuesday to one year …
Government & Politics Feb. 28, 2018 12:04 pm2811d ago
DES MOINES – A federal judge on Tuesday denied the state’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of …
Crime & Courts Feb. 27, 2018 4:59 pm2812d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman said Tuesday during a victim’s impact statement that this wasn’t a ‘random person that raped …
Government & Politics Feb. 27, 2018 8:41 pm2812d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan highlighted four cases Tuesday that led to unintentional deaths or serious injury and …
Crime & Courts Dec. 3, 2021 1:15 pm1437d ago
A legal settlement was reached last week over the 800 neglected and disease exposed animals seized from a Vinton home …
Health Care and Medicine Feb. 25, 2018 6:30 pm2814d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A new program for families in Linn and surrounding counties will help children who have been exposed …
Crime & Courts Feb. 23, 2018 7:04 pm2816d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first-degree murder retrial of Nicholas Luerkens, accused of stabbing his former girlfriend to death in a …
Crime & Courts May. 6, 2022 12:41 pm1283d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 53-year-old man pleaded guilty Friday to a lesser sexual abuse charge involving a girl, who was …

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