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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 Oct. 27, 2015 2:53 pm3667d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A federal magistrate on Tuesday warned a woman convicted of perjury, who was brought before him for …
News Oct. 27, 2015 10:52 am3667d ago
IOWA CITY — The newest Sixth Judicial District Judge Kevin McKeever said Friday during his swearing-in that it was a …
News Oct. 24, 2015 9:35 am3670d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge denied a request Friday to have a defense expert testify at a sentencing hearing for …
News Oct. 23, 2015 10:18 am3671d ago
Four family members, who armed themselves and wore disguises, were sentenced to federal prison terms ranging from 10 to 16 …
News Oct. 22, 2015 10:06 am3672d ago
This week’s On the Record talks about the first annual Student Pledge Against Gun Violence with guest Assistant U.S. Attorney …
News Oct. 21, 2015 7:50 pm3673d ago
Federal Iowa judicial candidates U.S. Magistrate Leonard Strand and Rebecca Fifth Judicial District Judge Ebinger will next go before the …
News Oct. 21, 2015 1:23 pm3673d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man will pay over $11,000 in restitution for selling counterfeit movie DVDS, but he …
News Oct. 20, 2015 11:11 pm3674d ago
A Maquoketa taxidermist convicted of selling endangered black rhinoceros horns with a known trafficker was sentenced Tuesday to over two …
News Oct. 20, 2015 3:55 pm3674d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Oklahoma man was convicted Tuesday of distributing synthetic marijuana to convenience store owners in Oklahoma, Missouri …
News Oct. 20, 2015 11:52 am3674d ago
On the Record this week recognizes Domestic Violence Awareness Month with special guest, Hailey, a survivor of domestic violence. Hailey …
News Oct. 19, 2015 9:23 pm3675d ago
A 20-year-old will spend 14 years in federal prison for selling heroin mixed with fentanyl to two people who overdosed …
News Oct. 19, 2015 2:38 pm3675d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – James Surrett, who led police on a high-speed chase and then crashed into a school bus and …
News Oct. 16, 2015 3:53 pm3678d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Four men, who were identified leaving a house on G Ave. NW last month after a 32-year-old man …
News Oct. 16, 2015 3:52 pm3678d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha man pleaded guilty Thursday to distributing heroin mixed with fentanyl, a potent pain medicine, to …
News Oct. 16, 2015 2:16 pm3678d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An accountant with a Cedar Rapids construction company was charged Thursday with embezzling nearly $393,000 over an …

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