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 Sep. 21, 2016 4:43 pm3337d ago
VINTON – A Benton County jury Wednesday found David Miller guilty of lesser charges in the fatal stabbing and strangling …
News Sep. 21, 2016 6:23 pm3337d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sentencing begins today in U.S. District Court for a Rwandan convicted of making false statements to authorities …
News Sep. 20, 2016 7:33 pm3338d ago
VINTON – A Benton County jury didn’t reach a verdict Tuesday in the David Miller murder trial and is to …
News Sep. 20, 2016 7:15 pm3338d ago
IOWA CITY – Anthony Burtch, recently accused of killing his wife’s boyfriend three decades ago, will be released from jail …
Crime & Courts Jun. 15, 2021 5:45 pm1609d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Mary Beth Haglin, a former Washington High School substitute teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with …
News Sep. 15, 2016 8:46 pm3343d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Mary Beth Haglin, a former Washington High School substitute …
News Sep. 14, 2016 7:45 pm3344d ago
A Benton County man told investigators he didn’t know anything about a woman found dead outside of his mobile home …
News Sep. 18, 2016 4:45 pm3340d ago
‘Jessica,” who just did a 20-year stint for murder, firearm and drug charges, is ‘praying” she could just get a …
News Sep. 11, 2016 3:00 pm3347d ago
Spring is the usual time for a wholesale cleaning, but it doesn’t start until the end of summer for court …
K-12 Education Apr. 27, 2022 9:54 am1293d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Washington High School substitute teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student …
News Sep. 7, 2016 5:39 pm3351d ago
A federal judge ruled that a man who was convicted of 47 counts of wire fraud and money laundering stemming …
News Sep. 6, 2016 6:47 pm3352d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS -A Cedar Rapids woman was convicted last week for filing false tax returns for herself and others, and …
News Sep. 6, 2016 6:00 am3352d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Sixth Judicial Associate District Judge Jane Spande, the second full-time female judge to serve in the district, …
News Sep. 1, 2016 7:43 pm3357d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Washington High School substitute teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student …
News Sep. 1, 2016 3:25 pm3357d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A sentencing date for Travis Standlee, convicted in June of killing a homeless man last year, has …

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