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. 14, 2015 1:03 pm3750d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Reinbeck man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to receiving and possessing child pornography. Michael Cottrell, …
News Oct. 13, 2015 11:53 pm3750d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Iowa correctional officer who authorities said last week was involved in smuggling cellphones into Anamosa …
News Oct. 13, 2015 9:13 pm3750d ago
The defense for a mother who was convicted earlier this month of child endangerment charges resulting in the death of …
News Oct. 13, 2015 12:36 pm3751d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man arrested in Arizona last month for a 2014 double homicide in southeast Cedar Rapids pleaded …
News Oct. 12, 2015 5:47 pm3751d ago
Cedar Rapids – A judge granted public funds to allow Alexander Kozak, accused of shooting and killing a 20-year-old woman …
News Oct. 12, 2015 9:00 am3752d ago
Background Kyle Orth, 27, is accused of accelerating his car toward police following a short chase, and then was shot …
News Oct. 9, 2015 6:27 pm3754d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man accused of killing his mother with a crowbar in 2012 will not have his trial …
News Oct. 9, 2015 11:58 am3755d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who injected an ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child with heroin that …
News Oct. 9, 2015 11:37 am3755d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Manchester zoo owner, being sued in federal court over endangered species violations, admitted Thursday the zoo …
News Oct. 8, 2015 2:10 pm3756d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids woman who made false statements to a grand jury in 2014 about seeing her …
News Oct. 7, 2015 8:53 pm3756d ago
A bank officer and board member of Country Bancorporation in Wayland pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to embezzling more …
News Oct. 7, 2015 8:36 pm3756d ago
Dustin Jefferson, whose trial ended in a hung jury last week, is now asking a judge to move his second …
News Oct. 6, 2015 9:25 pm3757d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The former owner of Pipe Dreamz in Iowa City, which was shut down after a Drug Enforcement …
News Oct. 6, 2015 8:38 pm3757d 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 pm1438d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion couple was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday for enticing a 15-year-old girl to have sex …

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