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 Mar. 12, 2014 4:26 pm4262d ago
A 6-year-old, who is now 9, told a forensic interviewer back in 2011 that James Olds touched her, exposed himself, …
Crime & Courts Mar. 11, 2014 5:54 pm4263d ago
A 9-year-old girl testified Tuesday that she didn’t remember being sexually abused between the ages of 3 and 5 years …
Crime & Courts Mar. 11, 2014 12:18 pm4263d ago
A prosecutor told a jury Tuesday they would hear “unspeakable acts” against on a 3-year-old girl that continued until she …
Crime & Courts Mar. 10, 2014 5:14 pm4264d ago
Testimony will start Tuesday in a sex abuse trial for a Cedar Rapids man accused of sexually abusing a child …
News Mar. 10, 2014 3:14 pm4264d ago
A man accused of killing his parents with a machete on the Meskwaki Settlement last month appeared in court Monday …
News Mar. 10, 2014 8:00 am4264d ago
A judge ruled last month that a Cedar Rapids man convicted four times on charges involving sexual assaults met the …
News Mar. 7, 2014 4:28 pm4267d ago
A 16-year-old Cedar Rapids girl convicted of second-degree murder told a judge Friday she has no communication or physical contact …
News Mar. 5, 2014 3:30 am4269d ago
Attorneys for a 16-year-old Cedar Rapids girl, who was convicted of second-degree murder on Feb. 6, will ask a judge …
Feb. 27, 2014 11:24 am4275d ago
An Iowa City woman, arrested Wednesday in connection with the suspected homicide of a Colorado Springs man, refused extradition back …
News Feb. 26, 2014 5:10 pm4276d ago
A Colorado woman accused of kidnapping her 5-day-old nephew from his Wisconsin home pleaded not guilty to one count of …
Feb. 26, 2014 4:46 pm4276d ago
Two men who crossed state lines to have sex with a 13-year-old Clear Lake girl and take her back to …
Crime & Courts Feb. 26, 2014 2:54 pm4276d ago
Tajh Ross, charged in the homicide of Latasha Roundtree in 2012, is competent to stand trial according to a state …
News Feb. 25, 2014 4:30 pm4277d ago
Two former Finley Hospital nurses in Dubuque claim they were blacklisted from getting another job with other Unity Point Health …
Crime & Courts Feb. 24, 2014 3:48 pm4278d ago
Patty Shadle said she will have a “happier ending” today than the one she was headed towards two years ago …
News Feb. 21, 2014 10:47 am4281d ago
U.S. Attorney Kevin W. Techau was sworn in Friday as the top prosecutor of the Northern District of Iowa. Techau …


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