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 Feb. 5, 2014 2:28 pm4297d ago
Cedar Rapids Police officers testifying Wednesday attempt to explain why a crime scene was released after an hour or so …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2014 12:30 pm4298d ago
UPDATE: Frederick Rottmiller remembers feeling something “funny in his stomach” as he tried to open his truck passenger door for …
Feb. 3, 2014 4:26 pm4299d ago
A 76-year-old Fayette County man convicted by a federal jury last year of sexually exploiting children and possessing child pornography …
Crime & Courts Feb. 3, 2014 10:56 am4299d ago
Jury selection started this morning in an attempted murder trial for a Cedar Rapids man who is accused of attacking …
Crime & Courts Feb. 3, 2014 9:55 am4299d ago
A Cedar Rapids man, who has been convicted of felony burglary 14 times with his last conviction in December, decided …
Crime & Courts Jan. 31, 2014 1:52 pm4302d ago
A former Agriprocessors manager, who initially faced more than 200 years in prison for charges stemming from the 2008 Postville …
Jan. 30, 2014 10:41 am4303d ago
A court-appointed guardian for a 5-year-old girl who was placed in foster care testified Thursday the child wasn’t in need …
Crime & Courts Jan. 30, 2014 9:49 am4303d ago
A guardian ad litem for a 5-year-old girl who was placed in foster care testified Thursday the child wasn’t in …
Jan. 29, 2014 1:06 pm4304d ago
Jessica Coronado is suing the Iowa Department of Human services and a child protective worker because her 5-year-old daughter was …
Crime & Courts Jan. 29, 2014 11:37 am4304d ago
Jessica Coronado is suing the Iowa Department of Human services and a child protective worker because her 5-year-old daughter was …
News Jan. 27, 2014 4:00 am4306d ago
A mother who is suing the Iowa Department of Human Services for placing her child in foster care based on …
Jan. 24, 2014 2:50 pm4309d ago
Clinton Mackey denied more than once and as recently as last week before he confessed Tuesday to Benton County authorities …
Crime & Courts Jan. 23, 2014 3:10 pm4310d ago
Amy Kuehl said in a victim impact statement Thursday that not a day goes by that she doesn’t think of …
News Jan. 22, 2014 5:00 pm4311d ago
The Marion City Council will have two public hearings Thursday concerning an amendment to the alcohol ordinance in the Uptown …
News Jan. 21, 2014 5:40 pm4312d ago
A Kansas man who agreed with others to steal scientific calculators from Wal-Mart stores in multiple states and ship the …


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