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 Jul. 27, 2016 7:14 pm3393d ago
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the 2015 conviction of Casey Frederiksen, who is serving two life sentences for sexually …
News Jul. 26, 2016 7:02 pm3394d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The girlfriend of a convicted former Jones County Sheriff’s deputy and volunteer firefighter has been charged in …
News Jul. 26, 2016 6:18 pm3394d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Lisa Wulfekuhle says she and her family have been given a ‘life sentence without parole” but have …
News Jul. 26, 2016 7:49 pm3394d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 20-year-old Cedar Rapids school bus attendant admitted he exchanged explicit photos with a 12-year-old girl he …
News Jul. 25, 2016 7:47 pm3395d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Travis Standlee, convicted in June of killing a man, told a judge Monday he didn’t think he …
News Jul. 22, 2016 7:59 pm3398d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Friday ordered owners of the Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester to let a veterinarian …
News Jul. 22, 2016 1:17 pm3398d ago
This week’s On the Record talks with Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Lightfoot about some workshops next week geared to help …
News Jul. 22, 2016 11:50 am3398d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge denied sending a 16-year-old charged with fatally shooting a 21-year-old man and injuring another teen …
News Jul. 21, 2016 7:27 pm3399d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Jefferson High School baseball and basketball player was charged Thursday in federal court with sexual …
News Jul. 20, 2016 5:01 pm3400d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ruled the City of Cedar Rapids cannot be held liable for alleged unconstitutional actions …
News Jul. 19, 2016 6:59 pm3401d ago
A Cedar Rapids man, convicted of drug and harassment charges after threatening his roommate and firing a gun, received a …
Agriculture Jul. 18, 2016 6:04 pm3402d ago
A Charles City area farmer pleaded guilty Monday to selling over 90,000 bushels of corn that was pledged as collateral …
News Jul. 18, 2016 5:54 pm3402d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Waterloo agricultural supplier who had evaded Iowa authorities by living in Brazil for nearly four years …
News Jul. 15, 2016 6:48 pm3405d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids woman was convicted by a Linn County jury this week of sexually abusing …
News Jul. 15, 2016 3:41 pm3405d ago
DES MOINES – A Hiawatha woman convicted in the 2010 death of toddler Kamryn Schlitter, who died from head injuries …


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