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 Apr. 15, 2017 12:07 am3131d ago
A Johnson County man’s conviction for lying about his criminal past on an application for a permit to buy handguns …
Government & Politics Apr. 13, 2017 8:08 pm3132d ago
The Iowa Judicial Branch is slated to receive $178.78 million in fiscal year 2018 – the same amount as last …
News Apr. 14, 2017 2:54 am3132d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Elgin man was charged Wednesday in federal court for illegally possessing a gun while being a …
News Apr. 12, 2017 7:27 pm3133d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Lebanese man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to buying guns in Lebanon that were shipped …
News Apr. 11, 2017 9:45 pm3134d ago
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst announced Tuesday their joint recommendations of lawyers to serve as U.S. …
News Apr. 9, 2017 9:00 am3137d ago
A domestic abuse bill, Senate File 422, up for debate in the Iowa Senate would increases prison time for domestic …
News Apr. 6, 2017 7:59 pm3139d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Josh Hauser said his family went out to dinner one night in 1994, and his mother, who …
News Apr. 5, 2017 6:12 pm3140d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the 2015 conviction of Edward Cusic who struck his …
News Apr. 4, 2017 5:39 pm3141d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Teresa Plein said her life changed forever on Dec. 22, 2015 after former boyfriend David Merrifield stabbed …
News Apr. 4, 2017 1:17 pm3142d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sylvia Dawson came to work in the Linn County Clerk of the Court’s office after graduating high …
News Mar. 31, 2017 6:33 pm3145d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The last two men charged in an ice methamphetamine trafficking ring, involving eight co-conspirators, pleaded guilty Thursday …
News Mar. 30, 2017 5:28 pm3146d ago
In addressing a state budget shortfall, 223 Iowa State Public Defender employees have been informed they must take five unpaid …
News Mar. 29, 2017 4:40 pm3147d ago
DES MOINES – A special investigation shows the former executive director of the Benton Development Group made thousands of dollars …
News Mar. 28, 2017 8:03 pm3148d ago
MARION – Gas drained from a skid loader may have ignited a blaze Tuesday afternoon at Delaney Concrete Contractor in …
News Mar. 28, 2017 5:53 pm3148d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque woman pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to embezzling more than $70,000 from her employer’s …

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