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 Apr. 26, 2016 7:23 pm3485d ago
A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the 2014 strangulation death of his wife and was sentenced …
News Apr. 26, 2016 9:33 pm3485d ago
The man acquitted in the 2011 homicide of a local cab driver has now been charged in federal court for …
News Apr. 25, 2016 9:02 pm3486d ago
NEVADA, Iowa — Cheryl Farrington will take some solace knowing that the man who shot and killed her daughter last …
News Apr. 22, 2016 10:04 pm3489d ago
NEVADA, Iowa – His anger building through the day like a volcano, Alexander Kozak told a psychologist, he was in …
News Apr. 21, 2016 7:27 pm3490d ago
NEVADA, Iowa – A forensic psychiatrist testified Thursday that Alexander Kozak may have two mental conditions that made him react …
News Apr. 20, 2016 10:39 pm3491d ago
NEVADA, Iowa – Alexander Kozak said he ‘squeezed off” three shots at Andrea Farrington as she worked inside the Coral …
News Apr. 19, 2016 9:19 pm3492d ago
NEVADA – Alexander Kozak sent a text to a woman, only hours before he shot Andrea Farrington, saying he was …
News Apr. 18, 2016 10:06 pm3493d ago
NEVADA, Iowa – A worker at the Coral Ridge Mall who saw Alexander Kozak daily testified Monday he was ‘very …
News Apr. 15, 2016 6:55 pm3496d ago
NEVADA – Dorian Potter was cleaning at the restaurant he managed at the Coral Ridge Mall when he heard three …
News Apr. 14, 2016 1:05 pm3497d ago
NEVADA – Andrea Farrington never thought June 12, 2015, would be the last day of her ‘dream job’ at the Iowa …
News Apr. 13, 2016 5:12 pm3498d ago
A Hopkinton man who attempted to manufacture methamphetamine with his wife in June 2015 was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years …
News Apr. 12, 2016 6:06 pm3499d ago
NEVADA – Jury selection will continue Wednesday in the murder trial of Alexander Kozak, who is charged with shooting and …
News Apr. 12, 2016 5:47 pm3499d ago
A former accountant with Primus Construction convicted of embezzling more than $350,000 was sentenced to over two years in federal …
News Apr. 12, 2016 8:21 pm3499d ago
Prosecutors are again asking a federal judge to revoke a Vinton woman’s pretrial release for alleged violations. Robyn Merchant, 53, …
News Apr. 12, 2016 5:35 pm3499d ago
Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday in Story County in the murder trial of a former security guard, Alexander …

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