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 May. 8, 2014 5:53 pm4205d ago
A federal trial is reset to November for a man accused of killing his parents with a machete in Tama …
News May. 8, 2014 4:00 pm4205d ago
Teran Huff testified Thursday that Raymond Sellers didn’t know anything about the robbery Huff helped plan in 2012 that ended …
News May. 7, 2014 5:21 pm4206d ago
Raymond Sellers first told police he was only interested in buying marijuana in April 2012 when a couple were shot …
News May. 6, 2014 3:51 pm4207d ago
Shannon Gaskins testified Tuesday she will never walk again after being shot in her apartment when two men came to …
News May. 5, 2014 7:41 pm4208d ago
A 19-year-old pleaded guilty Monday and faces up to 17 years in prison for his part in the fatal shooting …
News May. 8, 2014 5:33 pm4205d ago
Former Masonville city clerk pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to defrauding the city of more than $80,000. Christine Anne …
Crime & Courts May. 2, 2014 9:52 pm4210d ago
A prosecutor said Thursday the revised bill criminalizing the transmission of HIV will likely have county attorneys reconsidering pending cases …
News May. 2, 2014 10:53 pm4210d ago
A 45-year-old Marion man was sentenced Friday to 35 years in prison for sexually abusing and exploiting a child. James …
News Apr. 29, 2014 4:15 pm4214d ago
A judge Tuesday denied a change of venue for one of the defendants charged in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old …
Crime & Courts Apr. 28, 2014 7:30 am4215d ago
Three area court reporters are planning for the future of their profession because an estimated 60 percent of the reporters …
Crime & Courts Apr. 27, 2014 7:30 am4216d ago
Masonville city clerk accused of embezzling $80,000 from the city for about nine years will plead guilty next month in …
News Apr. 25, 2014 8:28 pm4217d ago
A 20-year-old Tama County man was indicted by a grand jury for first-degree murder Thursday in federal court. Jonathan Curtis …
Crime & Courts Apr. 25, 2014 3:02 pm4218d ago
An attorney for Tajh Ross, who is accused of shooting into a car and killing Latasha Roundtree in September 2012, …
Crime & Courts Apr. 23, 2014 1:10 pm4220d ago
Inmates will remain in the 175-year-old state prison in Fort Madison for what could be several months because the heating …
News Apr. 19, 2014 1:00 pm4224d ago
Some Iowa court magistrates in the 6th and 3rd judicial districts have found a way to be more efficient, with …


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