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. 5, 2016 1:00 am3445d ago
MITCHELLVILLE — Twila Pore’s face lit up as she talked about the distribution and warehouse training she completed earlier this …
News Jun. 3, 2016 10:03 pm3447d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Jurors in Travis Standlee’s murder trial saw surveillance videos Friday that contradict his story to police that …
News Jun. 2, 2016 10:37 pm3448d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The chief state medical examiner testified Thursday that Raymond Ursino was a chronic alcoholic diagnosed with emphysema …
News Jun. 1, 2016 9:18 pm3449d ago
A man convicted of federal firearm charges testified Wednesday against a co-defendant, saying the man killed 32-year-old Bryan Ahmaad Edwards …
News Jun. 1, 2016 8:53 pm3449d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first of two murder trials for a man accused of strangling two homeless people days apart …
News Jun. 1, 2016 2:21 pm3449d ago
UPDATE: Opening statements begin at 2:15 p.m. for Travis Standlee, accused of strangling to death a man who was found …
News May. 24, 2016 4:49 pm3457d ago
A federal judge this week revoked the U.S. citizenship and cancelled the naturalization certificate for a Rwandan man convicted in …
News May. 23, 2016 5:50 pm3458d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Vinton woman was convicted Monday in federal court for providing a gun to her son, who …
News May. 23, 2016 11:54 am3458d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Family members and friends of Stephen J. Cook packed a small Linn County courtroom Monday to hear …
News May. 20, 2016 1:41 pm3461d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Angela Lawrence said Friday she talked to her cousin Crystal Gaffney a few days before she was …
News May. 19, 2016 6:08 pm3462d ago
A Chicago man who tried to get rid of his heroin in a toilet at the Cedar Rapids Police Department …
News May. 18, 2016 10:21 pm3463d ago
Paul Wells told a judge Wednesday he understood the court decision banning life sentences for juveniles, but it’s ‘cruel and …
News May. 17, 2016 6:31 pm3464d ago
A director of a local non-profit corporation admitted Monday in federal court to diverting over $114,000 in donations to his …
News May. 17, 2016 3:31 pm3464d ago
In this podcast, On the Record talks about the criminal justice reform bill that was signed into law last week. …
News May. 13, 2016 7:47 pm3468d ago
A federal judge denied a new trial on Friday for a Rwandan man who was convicted in January of naturalization …

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