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 Oct. 17, 2017 8:09 pm3014d ago
DES MOINES – Iowa courts will temporarily accept paper court filings after the statewide electronic document management system crashed Tuesday. …
News Oct. 17, 2017 7:42 pm3014d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Toledo man was sentenced to nearly eight years in federal prison Tuesday for his involvement …
News Oct. 13, 2017 5:01 pm3019d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A New York man, who while armed with a knife, restrained tellers with zip ties as he …
News Oct. 12, 2017 7:51 pm3019d ago
IOWA CITY – Prosecutors added a charge of gang participation this week for Lamar Wilson, already charged with first-degree murder …
News Oct. 12, 2017 9:43 pm3019d ago
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst forwarded recommendations of two Iowa judges, a prosecutor and a civil attorney to …
News Oct. 12, 2017 12:06 pm3020d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A prosecutor is asking a judge to allow videotaped interviews of three children, who were sexually abused …
News Oct. 12, 2017 9:06 am3020d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – In another twist of events leading up to a Tama County murder retrial, 6th Judicial District Judge …
News Oct. 11, 2017 12:36 pm3021d ago
TOLEDO — The Tama County sheriff is asking if anyone saw someone digging in a wildlife refuge, and the Tama …
News Oct. 7, 2017 9:22 pm3024d ago
IOWA CITY – The trial for a man accused of killing an Iowa City cabdriver in June will be moved …
News Oct. 7, 2017 9:20 pm3024d ago
An appeal filed last month by a Tama County prosecutor, who said a judge ‘abused his discretion and manipulated the …
News Oct. 4, 2017 6:51 pm3027d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque woman was sentenced Tuesday to more than a year in federal prison for embezzling more …
News Oct. 4, 2017 6:51 pm3027d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man convicted of extortion in 2016 won an appeal in July to have his …
News Oct. 4, 2017 9:25 am3028d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, previously convicted of theft in Indiana, was sentenced Tuesday to more than two …
News Oct. 4, 2017 9:33 am3028d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The second trial for Nicholas Luerkens, accused of stabbing to death his former girlfriend in a grocery …
News Oct. 4, 2017 9:30 am3028d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man previously convicted of distributing and using drugs was sentenced Monday to more than five years …

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