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 Aug. 19, 2016 1:00 am3370d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal sentencing on Thursday revealed more questions about the man seen leaving a home last September …
News Aug. 17, 2016 8:03 pm3372d ago
The Iowa Court of Appeals vacated part of a sentencing Wednesday for a Cedar Rapids man convicted at age 16 …
News Aug. 17, 2016 3:35 pm3372d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A convicted stalker and burglar who didn’t return to the Linn County Jail from his court-ordered furlough …
News Aug. 16, 2016 6:44 pm3373d ago
The Linn County Sheriff’s Department is looking for information on a man convicted of stalking and burglary, who failed to …
News Aug. 14, 2016 4:00 am3375d ago
Rob Crader says growing up in violent Chicago neighborhood and being around ‘gang-banging and hustling’ led to a career of …
News Aug. 11, 2016 7:39 pm3378d ago
A Central City woman pleaded guilty Thursday to opening credit card accounts in her grandfather’s name and secondary cards in …
News Aug. 8, 2016 6:42 pm3381d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A co-defendant, convicted of distributing synthetic marijuana testified Monday that he made K-2 or synthetic marijuana in …
News Aug. 5, 2016 9:22 pm3384d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The brother of Greg Wells, who was killed while delivering a pizza in 2002, said he was …
Podcasts Jun. 3, 2022 1:38 pm1256d ago
This week’s On the Record talks about the resentencing of David Keegan, 32, of Marion, who was convicted at age …
News Aug. 4, 2016 7:23 pm3385d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A convicted burglar awaiting sentencing on his most recent burglary charge now is accused of throwing urine …
News Aug. 3, 2016 5:28 pm3386d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two lions at the Cricket Hollow Zoo were transferred this week to a wild sanctuary in Colorado …
News Aug. 2, 2016 7:05 pm3387d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who punched a police officer at a laundromat last January during a domestic …
News Aug. 1, 2016 9:26 pm3388d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge has granted a preliminary order that gives the government more than 100 firearms, 13,000 …
News Aug. 1, 2016 7:09 pm3388d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit between Cricket Hollow Zoo owners and an animal rights …
News Jul. 28, 2016 6:41 pm3392d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kristin Twilla said she was 15 years old and her family had just returned home from an …

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