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 Oct. 3, 2014 4:58 pm4056d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Reginald Williams said in a victim’s impact statement Friday that Tajh Ross will never understand what this …
News Oct. 2, 2014 6:05 pm4057d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Missouri man who was busted in March after police saw him discarding a handgun near the …
Crime & Courts Oct. 2, 2014 2:15 pm4058d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to robbing two U.S. Bank and two …
News Oct. 1, 2014 6:13 pm4058d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 23-year-old man charged in the fatal shooting of Clifton Sparks pleaded not guilty in a written …
News Oct. 1, 2014 1:37 pm4059d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Chief Magistrate for the Northern District Jon Scoles was recently reappointed for a second eight year …
Crime & Courts Oct. 1, 2014 12:55 pm4059d ago
A judge ordered a $1 million cash bond Wednesday for a Minnesota man charged in the 1999 homicide of Judith …
News Sep. 30, 2014 7:00 pm4059d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A bond review and placement hearing will be reset for a Cedar Rapids man found incompetent to …
News Sep. 29, 2014 6:06 pm4060d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn and Johnson counties, along with 12 other counties, now will have funding to continue or start …
News Sep. 25, 2014 7:34 pm4064d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 40-year-old Cedar Rapids man with a violent criminal history was sentenced Thursday in federal court for …
Crime & Courts Sep. 25, 2014 1:20 pm4065d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge recently found a Cedar Rapids man in contempt for violating a protection order that prohibited …
Crime & Courts Sep. 24, 2014 6:24 pm4065d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 44-year-old Cedar Rapids man charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl last year has been found …
News Sep. 24, 2014 7:30 pm4065d ago
WEST BRANCH – A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old former West Branch day care worker to 20 years, the …
Sep. 23, 2014 6:54 pm4066d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge has ordered a mental evaluation of a Cedar Rapids man charged in the fatal stabbing …
News Sep. 17, 2014 6:53 pm4072d ago
DAVENPORT – A former Iowa City man convicted of distributing heroin which resulted in a 2012 death was sentenced last …
News Sep. 17, 2014 2:01 pm4073d ago
DES MOINES – A 27-year-old Des Moines man will be resentenced for his part in the shooting and robbery of …

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