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 Jun. 12, 2015 12:22 pm3804d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Supreme Court overturned a Waterloo woman’s conviction for public intoxication, ruling Friday she was intoxicated …
News Jun. 12, 2015 1:11 am3805d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A teenager told a federal judge Thursday that what happened to her more than a year ago …
News Feb. 11, 2022 1:33 pm1368d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Jones County Sheriff’s deputy and volunteer firefighter convicted of burning down his vacant home in 2013 …
News Dec. 17, 2021 9:06 am1425d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The former owner of Fragrance Hut where K-2 and other synthetic drugs were sold was sentenced to 11 …
News Jun. 10, 2015 11:01 pm3806d ago
A former employee of a Williamsburg business that provides mechanical maintenance for utility companies is charged with stealing over $193,000 …
News Jun. 9, 2015 2:58 pm3807d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A dealer who sold heroin which caused a user to overdose and nearly die pleaded guilty Monday in …
News Jun. 9, 2015 12:35 pm3807d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 27-year-old Marion woman who solicited a 15-year-old girl through Facebook for sex, along with her husband, pleaded …
News Jun. 9, 2015 11:39 am3807d ago
IOWA CITY – A plea hearing has been reset for an Iowa City man charged in the death of his …
News Jun. 8, 2015 10:33 pm3808d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A local company that certifies halal beef products for Midamar Corp. and other companies is asking a …
News Jun. 8, 2015 10:25 pm3808d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A mother in a victim impact statement said Monday that her 8-year-old was the victim of ‘acts that …
News Jun. 6, 2015 4:22 pm3810d ago
On the Record this week discusses elder abuse following the conviction of a Marion couple who will serve 10 years …
News Jun. 5, 2015 8:16 pm3811d ago
A judge resentenced Jose Rockiett to the same sentence of 25 years but with the possibility of being parole after …
News Jun. 5, 2015 7:59 pm3811d ago
The picture Donald Berns painted of Park Setting Elder Care Home sounded like a ‘little bit of heaven” to Wanda …
News Jan. 31, 2023 2:03 pm1014d ago
A Hopkinton man was sentenced Thursday to 11 years in federal prison for possessing over 4,000 images of child pornography. …
News Jun. 4, 2015 8:58 pm3812d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who stole another person’s identity to apply for credit cards was sentenced Wednesday to over three …

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