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 Apr. 22, 2015 2:22 pm3926d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a city water employee may have …
News Apr. 21, 2015 11:00 pm3926d ago
In the 6th Judicial District, there is always more work than 13 district judges can handle. So court officials are …
News Apr. 21, 2015 1:08 pm3927d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Sitting empty more than six years because of a lack of funding, the Anchor Center – a …
News Apr. 20, 2015 6:35 pm3927d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Monticello man pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to attempting to entice a 12-year-old girl to …
News Apr. 20, 2015 12:18 pm3928d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha man faces two vehicular homicide charges in the death of a city water department employee. …
News Mar. 7, 2023 12:03 pm1050d ago
A former investment broker serving time for swindling investors in 2013 was sentenced to five additional years in prison Friday …
News Apr. 17, 2015 6:58 pm3930d ago
A judge resentenced Denum Null, convicted of robbing and killing a man when he was 16-years-old, to the same 75-year …
News Apr. 16, 2015 7:20 pm3931d ago
A judge found former operators of a Marion elder care home guilty of charges involving locking or barricading residents with …
News Apr. 15, 2015 10:13 pm3932d ago
A Center Point man, who operated an Iowa City pipe shop that was raided by DEA as part of the …
News Apr. 14, 2015 11:04 pm3933d ago
A federal magistrate Tuesday placed a $100,000 bond and other special conditions, including GPS monitoring, on an Oklahoma man charged …
News Feb. 10, 2022 2:44 pm1440d ago
Defendants accused of stealing trademarked corn in Iowa and sending it to China have asked the court to toss out …
News Apr. 10, 2015 11:17 pm3937d ago
A former Downtown Drug employee who stole 18,000 hydrocodone pills over two years, which led to the pharmacy’s owner losing …
News Apr. 9, 2015 4:26 pm3939d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 26-year-old Cedar Rapids man, who wore dark makeup and called himself the ‘Cop Goblin” while robbing …
News Apr. 9, 2015 3:14 pm3939d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A couple accused of locking in or barricading elderly people in their rooms overnight and administering them …
News Apr. 1, 2015 7:01 pm3946d ago
A former bank teller was convicted Wednesday in federal court to embezzling over $144,000 from the Iowa Falls State Bank. …

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