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 Mar. 3, 2015 11:01 am3906d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who used another person’s identity to apply for a credit card pleaded guilty …
News Mar. 2, 2015 7:37 pm3906d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Evansdale mother and son were sentenced Monday in federal court for selling and distributing synthetic drugs, …
News Mar. 2, 2015 8:00 am3907d ago
Background Shaun Hogan, 36, charged with first-degree murder, was accused of killing his girlfriend Crystal Gaffney, 29, who was found …
News Mar. 1, 2015 12:00 pm3908d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Janel Lutz thought Susan Hense was the ‘answer to her prayers” as the lawyer helped her through …
News Mar. 1, 2015 3:27 pm3907d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The two newest 6th Judicial District judges didn’t have aspirations to take the bench until others encouraged …
News Feb. 27, 2015 8:18 pm3909d ago
A defense attorney asked a judge Friday to resentence Denum Null, convicted of robbing and killing a man in 2010, …
News Feb. 27, 2015 4:55 pm3909d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court suspended the license of a retired Iowa City tax and estate attorney Friday for violations involving …
News Feb. 27, 2015 1:05 pm3910d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Federal trials have been rescheduled for the founder of Midamar Corp. and his sons in cases that …
News Feb. 26, 2015 5:16 pm3910d ago
A 19-year-old was charged last week for robbing a hotel employee last September after he was nabbed in connection with …
News Feb. 26, 2015 4:50 pm3910d ago
Cedar Rapids – A former investment broker convicted of swindling investors in 2013 was found guilty Wednesday by a judge …
News Feb. 25, 2015 8:38 am3912d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A mother who lost her son to a heroin overdose last year displayed a photo of him …
News Feb. 22, 2015 8:31 pm3914d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to five years’ probation for sexually abusing a girl for two …
News Feb. 22, 2015 7:00 pm3914d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — David Grinde leans up in his chair as he talks about ‘the case’ — that case that …
News Feb. 21, 2015 3:06 pm3915d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Manchester bank secretary pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling over $123,000 from the bank over a …
News Feb. 20, 2015 7:32 pm3916d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man accused of vehicular homicide in the death of his 30-year-old passenger in 2012 …

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