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 Apr. 14, 2014 10:15 pm4299d ago
A federal magistrate ruled Monday there was ‘clearly” probable cause for a murder charge to go before a grand jury …
News Apr. 14, 2014 1:03 pm4299d ago
A 19-year-old faces a judge this week who told him last year if he violated his probation again, for a …
Crime & Courts Apr. 11, 2014 3:53 pm4302d ago
A man accused of killing his parents with a machete pleaded not guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Cedar …
Crime & Courts Apr. 10, 2014 3:37 pm4303d ago
A 25-year-old man now faces two charges of first-degree murder in the double homicide of his parents in Tama County …
News Apr. 9, 2014 11:18 pm4304d ago
U.S. Attorney Kevin Techau honored three area investigators Wednesday with the highest federal service award for going ‘above and beyond …
News Apr. 9, 2014 7:07 pm4304d ago
A 20-year-old man was charged Wednesday in federal court in the Febuary stabbing death of a 17-year-old on the Meskwaki …
Crime & Courts Apr. 8, 2014 11:12 pm4305d ago
A 32-year-old Marion man was sentenced last week to more than nine years in federal prison for possessing child pornography. …
News Apr. 7, 2014 4:28 pm4306d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced for his 15th burglary conviction Monday in Linn County District Court. Darrell Bolden, 52, …
News Apr. 7, 2014 10:03 am4306d ago
Sophie and Savannah George have some strange conversations as Linn County court attendants but not like one might think. Sophie’s …
News Apr. 4, 2014 3:53 pm4309d ago
A former Marion man who attempted to entice a minor to engage in sex was sentenced Thursday to more than …
Apr. 4, 2014 3:00 pm4309d ago
A former Benton County Jail corrections officer was charged this week for signing another person’s name on a jail fingerprint …
Crime & Courts Apr. 4, 2014 2:26 pm4309d ago
A federal judge Friday sentenced a former Marion investment broker, who scammed several victims out of thousands, to the maximum …
Apr. 2, 2014 5:48 pm4311d ago
A Wisconsin man will spend the rest of his life in federal prison for sexually abusing teenaged girls and transporting …
Crime & Courts Apr. 1, 2014 4:46 pm4312d ago
A 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 16 years in federal prison Tuesday for exploiting minors and receiving child …
Local Government Mar. 31, 2014 5:30 pm4313d ago
Linn County courts go “live” Tuesday as all new criminal and traffic cases are scanned and filed electronically. The clerks, …


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