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 Jan. 9, 2017 5:31 pm3227d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Jamaican national pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to bilking an elderly couple out of their …
News Jan. 11, 2017 3:22 pm3225d ago
A trial for a man accused of killing two people while they were baby-sitting in a Cedar Rapids home in …
News Jan. 5, 2017 8:10 pm3230d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A West Des Moines home health care company has agreed to pay a $1 million settlement to …
News Jan. 5, 2017 4:55 pm3231d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ruled last week to hold a Clarion man in jail pending his trial on …
News Jan. 4, 2017 7:57 pm3231d ago
A Charles City man, sentenced to life as an armed career criminal in 2014 after one of his burglary binges …
News Jan. 3, 2017 4:35 pm3233d ago
A judge, saying it was a close call, opted to give a Cedar Rapids teen probation, instead of up to …
News Dec. 28, 2016 5:13 pm3239d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two federal prosecutors from Iowa’s Northern District have received the prestigious SHIELD Award from the Anti-Defamation League …
News Dec. 25, 2016 12:54 pm3242d ago
MANCHESTER – The Delaware County Sheriff’s Department confirmed it is investigating a claim by a California animal rights group, which …
News Aug. 16, 2022 2:16 pm1182d ago
Background A Davenport woman was charged last summer with attempted murder after police say she left her newborn in a …
News Dec. 21, 2016 5:38 pm3246d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County jury acquitted a Marion man last week for the attempted murder of his former …
News Dec. 21, 2016 5:30 pm3246d ago
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Cascade man, convicted for receiving child pornography, to 20 years in prison. Toby …
News Dec. 21, 2016 5:00 pm3246d ago
Delhi Mayor Terry Harbach said Wednesday he had no ‘suspicions” at the time that a then-city clerk was diverting more …
News Dec. 20, 2016 5:36 pm3247d ago
A Central City woman was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in federal prison for stealing her grandfather’s identity and opening …
News Dec. 20, 2016 7:13 pm3246d ago
While she was clerk of the small Eastern Iowa city of Delhi, Angela J. Billings helped herself to satellite TV. …
News Dec. 16, 2016 6:31 pm3250d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first-degree murder trial of a 16-year-old, accused of shooting a 21-year-old man and injuring another teen …

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