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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 Mar. 25, 2015 11:19 am3884d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The two sisters of victim Kim Lasley, almost sobbing at times, said Tuesday the loss of their …
News Mar. 20, 2015 11:55 pm3888d ago
Larry ‘Buck’ Koos said he knows for everyone else it was March. But every day for him still is Sept. …
News Mar. 20, 2015 7:24 pm3888d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The Rev. Bill Cotton remembers thinking a complaint brought before him at the Cedar Rapids Civil Rights …
News Mar. 6, 2023 2:38 pm980d ago
A sexual abuse charge against an 18-year-old Walford man, who had previously been through two mistrials, was dismissed last week …
News Mar. 19, 2015 2:02 pm3889d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A jury found a Cedar Rapids man guilty of operating while intoxicated Tuesday, marking his 15th OWI …
News Mar. 18, 2015 5:46 pm3890d ago
The trial for a 19-year-old Hiawatha man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl in November 2014 has …
News Mar. 17, 2015 3:48 pm3891d ago
INDEPENDENCE – The City of Independence settled a lawsuit last week with the former mayor for $50,000, which could be …
News Mar. 13, 2015 7:24 pm3895d ago
A proposed bill passed by the judiciary committee last week would allow not guilty verdicts and dismissed criminal charges to …
News Mar. 12, 2015 2:43 pm3896d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A defense attorney will argue sufficient prison time for Gordon Lasley Jr. is at the low end …
News Mar. 11, 2015 5:52 pm3897d ago
The former mayor of Independence is suing the city and a former police officer over an alleged ‘set up” to …
Crime & Courts Mar. 6, 2015 5:33 pm3902d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – After a tearful court hearing Friday, a judge sentenced a Cedar Rapids man to 30 years in …
News Mar. 5, 2015 11:27 am3904d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids woman was charged in federal court this week with 21 counts of tax fraud …
News Mar. 4, 2015 4:41 pm3904d ago
A Mexican citizen who unlawfully re-entered the U.S. after being deported in 2010 for convictions of child endangerment and domestic …
News Mar. 4, 2015 4:06 pm3904d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Three men were sentenced Wednesday in federal court for their role in a heroin and cocaine conspiracy …
News Mar. 6, 2023 1:49 pm980d ago
A prosecutor will ask a federal judge to sentence Gordon Lasley Jr. to life in prison because of the ‘exceptionally …

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