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. 8, 2017 5:49 pm3196d ago
DES MOINES – The leader of Iowa’s prison system on Wednesday announced a plan to suspend services at four facilities …
News Feb. 7, 2017 6:53 pm3197d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced two leaders responsible for the ‘largest synthetic drug conspiracy” in Iowa …
News Feb. 6, 2017 7:09 pm3198d ago
A 32-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Monday to over one year in federal prison for distributing heroin. Louis Mack …
News Feb. 6, 2017 8:40 pm3198d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge on Monday sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to nearly 13 years in federal prison …
News Feb. 6, 2017 9:14 pm3198d ago
A 42-year-old Lebanese man was arrested Sunday in New York City for buying guns in Lebanon that were shipped from …
Living Feb. 6, 2017 5:00 am3199d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Friends and colleagues nominated Karl Cassell for the ‘Heritage Legacy Lifetime Achievement Award” because he is a …
News Feb. 3, 2017 5:05 pm3201d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled it won’t review the conviction and sentence of a Tama …
Feb. 2, 2017 11:23 am3203d ago
COGGON — No arrests have been made in Wednesday’s fatal shooting near Coggon, but Linn County investigators continue working today …
News Feb. 2, 2017 2:17 pm3203d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two Florida men who used stolen credit card information to make purchases at Iowa stores were sentenced …
News Feb. 1, 2017 6:24 am3204d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A 20-year-old who took and concealed the handgun used in the unintentional shooting death of 15-year-old Senquez …
News Jan. 31, 2017 9:18 pm3204d ago
IOWA CITY – Anthony Burtch, accused in the 1985 fatal shooting of his wife’s boyfriend, accepted a plea deal Tuesday …
News Jan. 30, 2017 5:27 pm3205d ago
IOWA CITY – A more than 30-year-old murder case took a bizarre turn last week as the man accused in …
News Jan. 27, 2017 6:29 pm3208d ago
The Iowa Judicial Branch on Friday became the first state agency to tell employees they will have to take an …
News Jan. 26, 2017 6:20 pm3209d ago
A Tama man, charged in the homicide of his fiancé who went missing in 2000, is asking for his trial …
News Jan. 26, 2017 12:55 pm3210d ago
VINTON — An 18-year-old pleaded guilty Thursday in the unintentional shooting death of 14-year-old Emma Redlinger in 2015. William Hines …


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