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
Agriculture Jul. 30, 2015 5:22 pm3756d ago
Charges were dismissed this week against a woman, the wife of a Chinese billionaire, who was accused of stealing trademarked …
News Jul. 27, 2015 5:43 pm3759d ago
Federal prosecutors in California have charged two animal rights activists with releasing hundreds of minks from a Keota farm, as …
News Jul. 23, 2015 3:30 pm3763d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for four family members charged in a conspiracy to smuggle guns to Lebanon is tentatively …
News Jul. 22, 2015 7:23 pm3764d ago
A 51-year-old felon pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. Robert M. Hertz, pleaded …
News Jul. 22, 2015 6:45 pm3764d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A civil case ended in a mistrial Tuesday after the former Lisbon Community School District student who …
News Jul. 22, 2015 5:49 pm3764d ago
Convicted 73-year-old Midamar Corp. founder William Aossey Jr. will remain in jail pending sentencing on 15 charges involving the sale …
News Jul. 21, 2015 11:34 pm3765d ago
President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated U.S. Magistrate Leonard Terry Strand to serve as the next U.S. District Court judge …
News Jul. 21, 2015 5:44 pm3765d ago
A Cedar Rapids man is suing the city and two police officers, claiming they wrongfully arrested him and twisted one …
News Jul. 20, 2015 6:46 pm3766d ago
A 40-year-old man convicted of sexually abusing two children was given five years’ probation Friday in Linn County District Court. …
News Jul. 20, 2015 6:39 pm3766d ago
A judge gave a second chance to a 19-year-old, who admitted to threatening a convenience store clerk with a knife …
News Jul. 20, 2015 4:57 pm3766d ago
A Cedar Rapids man convicted of burglary and given probation, only stayed out of jail about six days before he …
News Jul. 18, 2015 12:15 pm3768d ago
A man accused of torching his apartment hired a private attorney but then asked the court this week for public …
News Jul. 17, 2015 8:50 pm3769d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A New Hampshire man was sentenced to a year in federal prison Thursday for his part in …
News Jul. 16, 2015 3:26 pm3770d ago
This episode of On The Record talks last week’s federal trial of William Aossey, Jr. The 73-year-old founder of Midamar …
News Jul. 15, 2015 1:19 pm3771d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Cedar Rapids man who is accused of accelerating his car toward police following a short chase, and …

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