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 Jul. 14, 2015 3:18 pm3842d ago
IOWA CITY – A trial for Alexander Kozak, accused of shooting and killing 20-year-old Andrea Farrington at the Coral Ridge …
News Jul. 13, 2015 9:17 pm3842d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Convicted Monday of most charges in a halal beef exporting scheme, Midamar Corp. founder William Aossey Jr. …
News Jul. 11, 2015 11:21 am3845d ago
Background Nicholas Luerkens is accused of killing former girlfriend Lynnsey Donald in April, after he followed her and called her …
News Jul. 10, 2015 5:39 pm3845d ago
Gabriel Taylor told a judge Friday he was an ‘easily influenced dumb kid” in 2010 when he participated in a …
News Jul. 10, 2015 2:13 pm3846d ago
A former Garwin city clerk, who is charged with embezzling over $562,000 from the city with a population of 525, …
News Jul. 10, 2015 9:32 pm3845d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Midamar founder William Aossey Jr. testified Thursday that changing U.S. Department of Agriculture labels and documents, which …
News Jul. 8, 2015 6:40 pm3847d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A U.S. Department of Agriculture inspector testified Wednesday that William Aossey, Jr. admitted to changing labels and …
News Jul. 7, 2015 11:11 pm3848d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Murphy said in his opening statement Tuesday that William Aossey Jr. ‘chose to …
News Jul. 7, 2015 10:30 pm3848d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – If Chad Kepros hadn’t become a lawyer and now a district judge, he may have been an …
News Jul. 6, 2015 10:38 pm3849d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for the Midamar Corp. founder accused of orchestrating a halal …
News Jul. 2, 2015 9:36 pm3853d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Monticello man to 11 years in prison for groping two …
News Jul. 1, 2015 3:53 pm3855d ago
Court workers in all 99 Iowa counties can now file court documents online and residents, lawyers and law enforcement personnel …
News Jun. 29, 2015 9:52 pm3856d ago
A North Liberty man accused of shooting and killing a woman inside the Coral Ridge Mall this month faces what …
News May. 27, 2022 10:30 am1333d 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 pm3857d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man charged with three counts of vehicular homicide in the death of a city …

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