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 Feb. 18, 2014 4:14 pm4354d ago
Tracy Moses said in a victim’s impact statement Tuesday she knows what happened to her family in 2012 was a …
Crime & Courts Feb. 13, 2014 2:13 pm4359d ago
A Cedar Rapids man sentenced last week on a federal perjury charge in connection with a drug trafficking operation appears …
News Feb. 12, 2014 4:05 pm4360d ago
The U.S. Senate confirmed Kevin W. Techau as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa Wednesday during a …
Feb. 12, 2014 1:22 pm4360d ago
A Connecticut man was convicted last week in U.S. District Court in Davenport for his role in a conspiracy to …
Crime & Courts Feb. 11, 2014 3:38 pm4361d ago
A Cedar Rapids man originally charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of his friend last June pleaded guilty …
Crime & Courts Feb. 11, 2014 2:58 pm4361d ago
A Kentucky man who faces a federal bank robbery charge in Minnesota was indicted last week in a Center Point …
Feb. 10, 2014 5:20 pm4362d ago
A Waterloo man involved in an internet drug conspiracy pleaded guilty Monday in U.S. District Court. Adam Lawin, 23, pleaded …
Crime & Courts Feb. 10, 2014 3:16 pm4362d ago
A Johnson County jury found in favor last week for the Iowa Department of Human Services in a lawsuit brought …
Crime & Courts Feb. 10, 2014 11:09 am4362d ago
The trial for two of the teens charged in the homicide of 19-year-old Latasha Roundree has been reset to October. …
News Feb. 7, 2014 3:03 pm4365d ago
A Linn County jury on Friday found Theodore Gathercole guilty of attempted murder in the stabbing of his elderly neighbor …
News Feb. 6, 2014 5:16 pm4366d ago
A 16-year-old Cedar Rapids girl may not finish her education outside of a prison cell for her part in a …
Crime & Courts Feb. 6, 2014 9:09 am4366d ago
A Dubuque woman who attempted to hire someone to commit murder using “Craigslist” was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven …
News Feb. 5, 2014 5:00 pm4367d ago
Theodore Gathercole in a police interview repeatedly said he didn’t attack and stab his neighbor Frederick Rottmiller June 16, 2013. …
News Feb. 5, 2014 2:28 pm4367d 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 pm4368d ago
UPDATE: Frederick Rottmiller remembers feeling something “funny in his stomach” as he tried to open his truck passenger door for …


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