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. 31, 2016 5:48 pm3427d 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 pm3427d 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 pm3426d 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 pm3428d 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 pm3428d 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 pm1438d 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 pm3432d 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 pm3434d 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 pm3436d 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 am3438d 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 pm3439d 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 pm3439d 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 pm3439d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A trial date has been reset to next year for Kendu R. Petties, who is accused of …
News Aug. 19, 2016 1:00 am3440d 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 pm3441d ago
The Iowa Court of Appeals vacated part of a sentencing Wednesday for a Cedar Rapids man convicted at age 16 …

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