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 Aug. 31, 2017 10:57 am2993d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hopkinton man was sentenced Wednesday to 15 months in federal prison for failing to pay employment …
News Aug. 30, 2017 11:42 am2994d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Six Dubuque residents are charged in federal court with a total of 211 wire fraud charges stemming …
News Aug. 28, 2017 7:13 pm2995d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Kenyan national is accused of illegally having a rifle that witnesses said he was using to …
News Aug. 29, 2017 1:32 pm2994d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting a U.S. marshal when he slipped out of …
News Aug. 29, 2017 1:34 pm2994d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 43-year-old man, initially charged in state court for a burglary turned kidnapping that resulted in him …
News Aug. 27, 2017 7:50 am2997d ago
A Cedar Rapids man, charged with vehicular homicide in the fatal crash that killed two teens last November, is asking …
News Aug. 25, 2017 1:52 pm2998d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo man was charged in federal court Thursday for sending threatening tweets to U.S. Sen. Joni …
News Aug. 24, 2017 11:03 am3000d ago
Background Justin DeWitt was arrested last June after police said he was plotting to have his former business associate and …
News Aug. 24, 2017 9:00 am3000d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ordered the U.S. Bureau of Prisons to turn over the inmate account funds of …
News Aug. 23, 2017 12:53 pm3001d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The mother of an 11-year-old boy said in a victim’s impact statement Tuesday that her son is …
Living Aug. 23, 2017 8:58 am3001d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Rod Courtney, who has been a probation officer for 19 years, never thought he would be personally …
News Aug. 19, 2017 10:48 pm3004d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Zyriah Schlitter, convicted in the 2010 death of his 18-month-old daughter, pleaded to an amended charge Friday …
News Aug. 18, 2017 1:52 pm3005d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was charged in federal court this week for using and interfering with radio …
News Aug. 17, 2017 3:36 pm3006d ago
IOWA CITY – Juvenile court officers said Wednesday a 16-year-old Johnson County girl convicted of assaulting and injuring a treatment …
News Aug. 17, 2017 11:00 am3007d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who was granted a new trial last year in the 2010 child abuse …

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