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
Crime & Courts Oct. 29, 2014 1:51 pm4031d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An appeal was denied Wednesday for a Cedar Rapids man convicted last year in the death of …
Crime & Courts Oct. 29, 2014 11:15 am4031d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A trial has been reset to December for a Cedar Rapids man accused of sexually assaulting a …
News Oct. 28, 2014 5:44 pm4031d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Parents of a girl who was sexually abused at 13 said in a victim’s impact statement Tuesday …
Crime & Courts Oct. 27, 2014 7:47 pm4032d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 24-year-old Cedar Rapids man received a suspended sentence Monday for sexually abusing two children in 2013. …
Crime & Courts Oct. 26, 2014 7:23 pm4033d ago
IOWA CITY – The Johnson County Adult Drug Treatment Court has received a two-year grant for $192,528, which will provide …
News Oct. 24, 2014 6:35 pm4035d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County jury found Jerry Matthews guilty of lesser charges in the stabbing of his 24-year-old …
News Oct. 24, 2014 4:51 pm4036d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 19-year-old Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser charge in the 2012 sexual assault …
News Oct. 24, 2014 4:08 pm4036d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that witness testimony by two-way video would violate a Dubuque County …
News Oct. 27, 2014 2:38 pm4033d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 73-year-old Cedar Rapids businessman was indicted Thursday in federal court on 19 counts involving the sale …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 24, 2014 1:00 am4036d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – There are 70 Iowa District Court judges and two court-of-appeals judges up for retention. But this election …
News Oct. 23, 2014 6:11 pm4036d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jerry Matthews took the stand Thursday and denied physically abusing his ex-girlfriend during their six-year relationship and …
News Oct. 22, 2014 7:59 pm4037d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge ruled this week that a man accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl will be …
Crime & Courts Oct. 22, 2014 3:13 pm4038d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Federal authorities are seeking the public’s help in locating two people who have been charged with drug, …
News Oct. 22, 2014 6:56 pm4037d ago
A former employer of Jerry Matthews, who is accused of attempted murder, testified Wednesday that Matthews called in after Jan. …
News Oct. 21, 2014 6:59 pm4038d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 24-year-old woman testified Tuesday that after Jerry Matthews, her former live-in boyfriend, pushed her into a …


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