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
News Nov. 16, 2017 5:53 pm2915d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man, who collected nearly $70,000 in unemployment benefits over the course of six years while …
News Nov. 16, 2017 5:50 pm2915d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The woman who brought four of her children and another teen to a ‘street brawl” that resulted …
News Nov. 15, 2017 7:04 pm2916d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The attorney for a man charged with sexually abusing a girl when she was between the ages …
News Nov. 13, 2017 12:58 pm2918d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – When 6th Judicial District Judge Sean McPartland got involved in the Civil Justice Reform Task Force back …
News Nov. 13, 2017 12:54 pm2918d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man charged in the death of Robyn Furmanski, who was beaten and then left in her …
News Jan. 11, 2022 9:13 am1399d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Kenyan national pleaded not guilty Thursday in federal court to illegally having a rifle, which witnesses …
News Nov. 9, 2017 4:52 pm2922d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge ruled this week to allow parents of a 16-year-old boy, who is charged with attempted …
News Nov. 8, 2017 3:49 pm2923d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who distributed child pornography has been sentenced in federal court to 17 years …
News Nov. 8, 2017 3:01 pm2923d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge on Wednesday reset the start date for Lamar Wilson’s first-degree murder trial to Jan. 22 …
News Nov. 7, 2017 5:12 pm2924d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who fired shots in a neighborhood after assaulting a woman, was sentenced Tuesday …
News Nov. 7, 2017 4:24 pm2924d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Clive medical equipment store owner, convicted of submitting false documents to the U.S. Attorney’s Office during …
News Nov. 6, 2017 6:17 pm2925d ago
TOLEDO – Cora Okonski feared her fiancee Tait Purk was going to kill her on Palm Sunday, April 16, 2000, …
News Nov. 3, 2017 6:52 pm2928d ago
DAVENPORT – A 19-year-old former University of Iowa student was charged Thursday in federal court with using instructors’ passwords to …
News Nov. 3, 2017 5:13 pm2928d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge ruled today the trial of Lamar Wilson, accused of fatally shooting a man at the …
News Nov. 3, 2017 4:32 pm2928d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A lawyer for a 16-year-old boy, charged with attempted murder, asked a judge Friday to allow his …

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