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. 5, 2015 1:10 pm3811d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha man who endangered the life of children and adults with a fire he ignited while …
News Jun. 4, 2015 1:30 pm3812d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge flatly denied a defense attorney’s plea Thursday for a former Manchester bank secretary convicted …
News Jun. 3, 2015 5:55 pm3813d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A jury only took about 45 minutes Wednesday to convict a man – who was originally charged …
News Jun. 3, 2015 9:15 pm3813d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The man accused of robbing the Community Savings Bank on Tuesday donned a stocking mask and gloves …
News Jun. 3, 2015 11:40 am3813d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – First Assistant Linn County attorney Nick Maybanks said Tuesday during his opening statement that evidence presented this …
News Jan. 31, 2022 3:42 pm1379d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two more defendants accused of smuggling guns to Lebanon asked a federal judge last week to overrule …
News Jun. 1, 2015 7:42 pm3815d ago
The Cedar Rapids man accused of ambushing and killing 29-year-old Lynnsey Donald in a Marion grocery store parking lot in …
News May. 27, 2015 4:01 pm3820d ago
On the Record this week discusses the intricacies of the law surrounding fatal crashes, specifically the sentencing of a Wisconsin …
News May. 25, 2015 5:00 pm3822d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – ‘Andy” couldn’t hide the pain or fear in his eyes as he leaned up in his chair, …
News May. 21, 2015 5:41 pm3826d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 33-year-old Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide Thursday and will serve up to 17 years …
News Jan. 12, 2022 12:06 pm1398d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Ali Herz, accused in a conspiracy to smuggle guns and ammunition to Lebanon, is making a second …
News May. 21, 2015 6:58 pm3826d ago
The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of an Iowa City man who continued to profess …
News May. 20, 2015 2:43 pm3827d ago
On the Record this week discusses domestic violence in light of four domestic homicides that have occurred within a year …
News May. 20, 2015 1:26 pm3827d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha woman’s conviction for her role in the death of toddler Kamryn Schlitter in 2010, who died …
News May. 19, 2015 10:11 pm3828d ago
A Manchester man pleaded guilty Tuesday to three charges stemming from importing pseudoephedrine from Canada to Iowa to make methamphetamine …

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