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 Jun. 30, 2016 7:09 pm3420d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a court of appeals ruling overturning the first-degree murder conviction …
News Jun. 29, 2016 8:11 pm3421d ago
A federal magistrate recently ruled that the owners of Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester, who lost a federal lawsuit over …
News Jun. 28, 2016 9:48 pm3422d ago
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office filed a motion this week for a rehearing of the Supreme Court’s decision to give …
News Jun. 27, 2016 6:35 pm3423d ago
A Waterloo agricultural supplier, who has been a fugitive since 2012 on federal bank fraud charges, was recently extradited from …
News Jun. 23, 2016 8:29 pm3427d ago
The former owner of Zombies, a head shop in Iowa City, was charged last week in federal court with distributing …
News Jun. 23, 2016 6:53 pm3427d ago
A former Garwin city clerk who stole more than $470,000 from the city over 16 years has been sentenced to …
News Jun. 23, 2016 5:34 pm3427d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who stole a gun from Sports Outfitters last year was sentenced to over six years in …
News Jun. 23, 2016 2:15 pm3427d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The daughter of Judith Weeks said Thursday she was relieved DeShaun Phillips will be ‘held accountable for …
News Jun. 22, 2018 3:00 pm2698d ago
MARION — The second-longest serving police chief in Marion’s history is calling it a career. Marion Police Chief Harry Daugherty …
News Dec. 30, 2022 10:57 am1046d ago
Two men who wore black face masks during a robbery of Palo Savings Bank last month were indicted and charged …
News Jun. 15, 2016 12:42 pm3435d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a conviction of a former Cedar Rapids investment broker, who swindled …
News Jun. 10, 2016 7:22 pm3440d ago
Zyriah Schlitter, convicted in the 2010 child abuse death of his 18-month-old daughter and serving a 50-year-prison term, will get …
News Jun. 9, 2016 4:45 pm3441d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 36-year-old Cedar Rapids woman pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to swindling an elderly couple out …
News Jun. 8, 2016 8:21 pm3442d ago
Three men whom police said were seen leaving a northwest Cedar Rapids home last year after a fatal shooting were sentenced …
News Jun. 6, 2016 7:00 pm3444d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The jury in the Travis Standlee murder trial will resume deliberations Tuesday in Linn County District Court. …

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