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 Sep. 14, 2014 4:37 pm4146d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge will allow a prosecutor to amend a charge, initially filed as felony criminal transmission of …
Crime & Courts Jan. 25, 2023 1:42 pm1091d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 22-year-old Marion man faces two life sentences in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of …
Crime & Courts Sep. 12, 2014 9:41 am4148d ago
A Linn County jury resumes deliberations 9 a.m. Friday in the kidnapping, sex assault trial of Bryan Roche. Roche, 22, …
News Sep. 11, 2014 5:33 pm4149d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Bryan Roche is guilty as charged, Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden said Thursday in his closing …
News Sep. 11, 2014 9:00 am4149d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Closing arguments start at 9:30 a.m. in the kidnapping, sex assault trial of Bryan Roche in Linn …
News Sep. 10, 2014 5:28 pm4150d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Bryan Roche said during a police interview that he thought the 20-year-old woman he sexually assaulted and …
Crime & Courts Sep. 10, 2014 10:52 am4150d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 21-year-old Cedar Rapids woman testified Tuesday that Bryan Roche, a man she regarded as a friend, …
Crime & Courts Sep. 8, 2014 7:08 pm4152d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Linn County jury was seated at the end of the day Monday and testimony will start …
Crime & Courts Sep. 8, 2014 1:01 pm4152d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A prosecutor argued Monday to amend trial information for a Cedar Rapids man who was initially charged …
News Sep. 8, 2014 1:01 am4152d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jury selection begins Monday for the trial of a 22-year-old Marion man who kidnapped, sexually assaulted and …
News Sep. 5, 2014 5:50 pm4155d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man serving 25 years for bilking investors out of thousands earlier this year was …
News Sep. 5, 2014 5:13 pm4155d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge told a 17-year-old she was giving him a second chance Friday, after granting him a …
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2014 1:19 pm4155d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court will not adopt a proposed amendment to eliminate the bar exam requirement for law graduates in …
Crime & Courts Sep. 5, 2014 12:02 pm4155d 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 pm4156d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids couple, originally from Congo, is suing an insurance company because they claim they didn’t …

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