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 Nov. 25, 2015 11:20 am3708d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction of Ginger Jefferson, who was found guilty …
News Nov. 24, 2015 6:35 pm3708d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Fourteen-year-old Robert Humbles shot and killed 15-year-old Aaron Richardson late this summer after their two ‘rival groups” …
News Nov. 20, 2015 12:53 pm3712d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hopkinton woman was convicted of conspiring to manufacturing methamphetamine and other charges by a jury after …
News Nov. 20, 2015 3:06 pm3712d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A 14-year-old accused of fatally shooting 15-year-old Aaron Richardson in September was formally charged Friday with first-degree …
News Nov. 18, 2015 5:04 pm3714d ago
A Dubuque man, who is accused of stomping and kicking an African-American man and using racial slurs against him and …
News Nov. 18, 2015 11:12 am3715d ago
A West Union man, who was convicted in Fayette County for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and didn’t show up …
News Nov. 18, 2015 10:58 am3715d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A West Union man, who was convicted in Fayette County for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and …
News Nov. 16, 2015 10:32 pm3716d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The mother of a fifth-grader at Johnson STEAM Academy claims in a federal lawsuit that a Cedar …
News Nov. 16, 2015 12:54 pm3716d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man will spend 25 years in prison for torching his girlfriend’s clothes in his …
News Nov. 13, 2015 11:36 pm3719d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County prosecutor, who has argued some tough and complex cases, including child abuse and first-degree …
News Nov. 11, 2015 2:19 pm3721d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former accountant with a Cedar Rapids construction company previously charged with embezzling over $300,000 was indicted …
News Nov. 11, 2015 11:46 am3722d ago
A judge ruled Monday that a confession Bobbie Little made during a second police interview will not be allowed at …
News Nov. 11, 2015 11:19 am3722d ago
Dustin Jefferson, accused of helping his mother kill his wife in 2013, will have his second retrial in Jasper County …
News Nov. 10, 2015 11:38 am3723d ago
This week’s On the Record talks about the Nicholas Luerkens murder trial. A jury convicted Luerkens of first-degree murder Monday. …
News Nov. 9, 2015 5:00 pm3723d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Steve Donald said Monday that justice was served after a jury found Nicholas Luerkens guilty of stabbing …

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