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 Oct. 6, 2015 8:38 pm3688d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A drug investigation has led authorities to an unlikely place – the guard towers at the Anamosa …
News Feb. 10, 2022 2:45 pm1369d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion couple was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for enticing a 15-year-old girl to have sex …
News Oct. 1, 2015 1:20 pm3693d ago
A former police officer and disbarred lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to selling counterfeit money to an undercover …
News Sep. 30, 2015 8:02 pm3694d ago
Tama County jurors will continue deliberations Thursday in the first-degree murder trial of Dustin Jefferson, who is charged with aiding …
News Sep. 30, 2015 7:34 pm3694d ago
Travis Standlee, accused of strangling to death two people earlier this month, pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree …
News Sep. 30, 2015 3:52 pm3694d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, already serving 60 years in prison for a murder in Illinois, was sentenced Tuesday …
News Sep. 29, 2015 10:57 pm3695d ago
One of the men U.S. Marshals arrested last week, who police wanted to question in connection with a fatal shooting …
News Sep. 29, 2015 10:42 pm3695d ago
TOLEDO – Dustin Jefferson wasn’t a victim of circumstances. He had a plan, a prosecutor said Tuesday in her closing …
News Sep. 28, 2015 3:35 pm3696d ago
TOLEDO — The jury in Dustin Jefferson’s first-degree murder trial viewed photos of the graphic crime scene and the body …
News Sep. 25, 2015 6:33 pm3699d ago
Dustin Jefferson in a police interview said he knew his wife was hurt Sept. 25, 2013 after seeing blood on …
News Sep. 24, 2015 11:03 pm3700d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. marshals have arrested two men federal authorities and Cedar Rapids police were looking for in connection …
News Sep. 24, 2015 9:25 pm3700d ago
TOLEDO – Either of the two stab wounds to Kerry O’Clair Jefferson’s neck could have been the injury that killed …
News Sep. 24, 2015 3:55 pm3700d ago
On the Record this week discusses court cases from last week involving two homicide related sentencings with guest First Assistant …
News Sep. 24, 2015 3:23 pm3700d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Spencer chiropractor who improperly billed Medicaid by performing treatment not covered by the federal program has agreed …
News Sep. 23, 2015 10:00 pm3701d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Many victims of domestic violence have been forced to move more than once after their abuser finds …

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