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 May. 27, 2022 10:30 am1263d ago
ANAMOSA – The trial for an Anamosa middle school teacher accused of inappropriate contact with a female student ended in …
News Jun. 29, 2015 3:05 pm3787d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in the death of a city …
News Jun. 25, 2015 8:16 pm3791d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Nicholas Luerkens called former girlfriend Lynnsey Donald some 175 times in less than three months, making two …
News Jun. 24, 2015 8:58 pm3792d ago
IOWA CITY — ‘What can a baby do to justify beating him to death?’ grieving grandparents asked a judge Wednesday. …
News Jun. 24, 2015 2:00 pm3792d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl was found competent to stand trial by a psychiatrist, …
News Jun. 24, 2015 1:00 am3793d ago
A Cedar Rapids man accused of strangling his wife to death last summer asked the court Monday to move his …
News Mar. 6, 2023 1:47 pm980d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS - A Cedar Rapids man, who was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for 20 years before turning …
News Jun. 22, 2015 6:00 am3795d ago
As a young boy he witnessed segregation firsthand. That was after his mother died and Tessie, a black nanny, came …
News Jun. 19, 2015 5:02 pm3797d ago
ANAMOSA – A trial for an Anamosa middle school teacher charged with sexual exploitation of a female student will start …
News Jun. 19, 2015 2:43 pm3797d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The man accused of killing 29-year-old Lynnsey Donald in a Marion grocery store parking lot in April …
News Jun. 19, 2015 12:04 pm3797d ago
On the Record this week discusses the conspiracy to smuggle guns to Lebanon case, which involves four family members charged …
News Jun. 18, 2015 5:43 pm3798d ago
The Cedar Rapids Safe Streets Task Force is in its sixth year and officials say they continue to put gun …
News Jun. 17, 2015 6:02 pm3799d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The fourth defendant charged in a conspiracy to smuggle guns to Lebanon pleaded not guilty to 18 …
News Jun. 16, 2015 6:41 pm3800d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Three of the four family members charged with smuggling guns to Lebanon pleaded not guilty Tuesday in …
News Jun. 12, 2015 2:43 pm3804d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The four family members charged with smuggling guns to Lebanon were indicted Thursday and now face 46 …

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