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. 1, 2016 9:16 pm3357d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 20-year-old, who is a former Cedar Rapids schools bus attendant, pleaded guilty Thursday to sending explicit …
News Aug. 31, 2016 6:43 pm3358d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Assistant Linn County Attorney Nicholas Scott was appointed Wednesday as the next 6th Judicial Associate District judge. …
News Aug. 31, 2016 5:48 pm3358d ago
A 24-year-old Nashua man, who killed his father in January by accidentally discharging a rifle, was sentenced to nearly four …
News Aug. 31, 2016 3:33 pm3358d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 19-year-old who shot another man during a robbery over a drug deal last year pleaded to …
News Sep. 1, 2016 10:52 pm3356d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was granted a new trial after being convicted in the child abuse death …
News Aug. 30, 2016 5:59 pm3359d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The sentencing for Travis Standlee, convicted in June of killing a homeless man almost a year ago, …
Aug. 30, 2016 5:05 pm3359d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man convicted of shooting a man in the leg outside Jim’s Foods in March …
News Feb. 10, 2022 2:32 pm1369d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The girlfriend of a former Jones County Sheriff’s deputy and volunteer firefighter pleaded not guilty Monday in …
News Aug. 26, 2016 5:36 pm3363d ago
VINTON – The trial for a 17-year-old, charged in the shooting death of a 14-year-old Vinton girl in 2015, has …
News Aug. 24, 2016 5:26 pm3365d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A 20-year-old former Cedar Rapids schools bus attendant charged with sending explicit photos of himself to a …
News Aug. 22, 2016 6:27 pm3367d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Three Marshalltown residents, who participated in a large scale methamphetamine ring throughout Northern Iowa, were convicted by …
News Aug. 21, 2016 4:00 am3368d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court is taking a look at recommendations made by the Family Law Task Force that will make …
News Aug. 19, 2016 6:19 pm3370d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man who sent explicit photos of himself to a 15-year-old girl and sent explicit photos …
News Aug. 19, 2016 6:16 pm3370d ago
The trial date for Justin Marshall, who had his conviction of killing Iowa City landlord John Versypt in 2009 overturned …
News Aug. 19, 2016 5:54 pm3370d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A trial date has been reset to next year for Kendu R. Petties, who is accused of …

Daily Newsletters