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 Feb. 24, 2017 8:36 pm3180d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids police investigator testified Friday that police initially thought another man, not Kendu Petties, had …
Higher Ed Feb. 23, 2017 6:50 pm3181d ago
IOWA CITY – Carrie Fortin, sister of Lance DeWoody, who was killed in 1985, said Thursday in a victim impact …
News Feb. 23, 2017 7:27 pm3181d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge sentenced an Oran man Thursday to five years probation with special conditions, instead of …
News Feb. 22, 2017 6:32 pm3182d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A criminalist testified Wednesday the 11 shell casings and bullets found at a southeast Cedar Rapids home …
News Feb. 21, 2017 8:35 pm3183d ago
Sierrah Simmons died from a gunshot wound to her head and Quintrell Perkins from a gunshot wound to his upper …
Crime & Courts Dec. 13, 2021 2:26 pm1428d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge on Friday sentenced former Washington High substitute teacher Mary Beth Haglin to 90 days in …
News Feb. 17, 2017 12:53 pm3188d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A witness, who testified Thursday he was with Kendu Petties the night authorities say Petties fatally shot …
News Feb. 16, 2017 8:52 pm3188d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Linn County prosecutor said Thursday that Kendu Petties, on trial this week for murder, fired 11 …
News Feb. 15, 2017 6:47 pm3189d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jury selection continues Thursday for a Cedar Rapids man accused of killing two people while they were …
News Feb. 14, 2017 5:48 pm3190d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 27-year-old Marion man, originally facing a third-degree sexual abuse charge, was sentenced Tuesday to up to …
News Feb. 14, 2017 2:26 pm3191d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Five people were indicted last week in federal court for their roles in a fraud scheme where …
News Feb. 13, 2017 5:49 pm3191d ago
Gov. Terry Branstad on Friday appointed Assistant Johnson County Attorney Andrew Chappell, 45, as a Sixth Judicial District judge. Chappell …
News Feb. 10, 2017 3:53 pm3195d ago
A judge ruled Friday to allow a short delay in a trial for a man accused of killing two people …
News Feb. 9, 2017 8:14 pm3195d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Tama police chief pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing and pawning a police service pistol and …
News Feb. 8, 2017 6:12 pm3196d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a man convicted last year of immigration fraud ‘actively participated in …

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