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 Sep. 5, 2014 12:02 pm4085d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge set a $1 million bond Friday for a 23-year-old man accused of killing Clifton Sparks …
News Sep. 4, 2014 1:22 pm4086d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids couple, originally from Congo, is suing an insurance company because they claim they didn’t …
Crime & Courts Sep. 3, 2014 4:12 pm4087d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An Independence man who distributed and possessed over 30,000 images of child pornography was sentenced Tuesday in …
News Sep. 3, 2014 3:17 pm4087d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who robbed the Solon State Bank in Ely, last September was sentenced Tuesday …
News Aug. 31, 2014 1:00 am4090d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Manufacturers of synthetic drugs such as K-2 stay one step ahead of the law by changing the …
Crime & Courts Aug. 29, 2014 4:23 pm4092d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man previously convicted in Linn County District Court was charged Friday in federal court for possessing …
News Aug. 29, 2014 2:59 pm4092d ago
A 20-year-old Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Friday to sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 2013. Raymond Farmer pleaded guilty …
News Aug. 28, 2014 7:00 pm4092d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids veteran who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan and Iraq was sentenced earlier …
News Aug. 28, 2014 6:50 pm4092d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Iowa Supreme Court approved new court rules which will reduce the cost and time to resolve …
News Aug. 28, 2014 6:27 pm4093d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The last defendant charged for her involvement in the Latasha Roundtree fatal shooting pleaded guilty to lesser …
News Aug. 27, 2014 6:00 pm4094d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 48-year-old Bellevue man was sentenced to over 19 years in federal prison for being a felon …
News Aug. 26, 2014 6:21 pm4095d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Shannon Gaskins told the woman she once regarded as a ‘good friend” that she wondered why she …
News Aug. 22, 2014 7:03 pm4098d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A couple who is accused of selling synthetic marijuana has lost four of their properties in a …
News Aug. 22, 2014 3:31 pm4099d ago
A 24-year-old involved in the 2012 fatal shooting of Latasha Roundtree apologized Friday in a soft, quivering voice, saying he …
Crime & Courts Aug. 21, 2014 5:06 pm4100d ago
A Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Thursday to several charges including breaking into a transitional housing unit, assaulting a woman …

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