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 Jan. 15, 2013 10:10 am4683d ago
Jury selection in the kidnapping trial of William Roby ended Tuesday morning when the state was “forced” into offering a …
Crime & Courts Jan. 14, 2013 4:04 pm4684d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jury selection in the kidnapping trial of William Roby continues 9 a.m. Tuesday in Linn County District …
Crime & Courts Jan. 14, 2013 11:53 am4684d ago
Sonya Bosier said she continues to agonize over how the senseless death of her son Thomas Horvath happened four years …
Crime & Courts Jan. 14, 2013 8:45 am4684d ago
Jury selection is under way in the kidnapping trial of a Cedar Rapids man accused of holding a woman against …
Crime & Courts Jan. 11, 2013 2:16 pm4687d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Gary Hinzman will retire as the director of the 6th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services in …
Crime & Courts Jan. 10, 2013 3:52 pm4688d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 23-year-old man, who coerced two girls, ages 15 and 16, into sending him sexually explicit images …
News Jan. 10, 2013 1:00 pm4688d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for a woman accused of killing a 17-month-old-toddler in 2010 was reset to Aug. 19, …
Crime & Courts Jan. 7, 2013 5:09 pm4691d ago
Jerome Power was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for killing his neighbor, despite his claim that his …
Crime & Courts Jan. 7, 2013 2:10 pm4691d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for a man accused of killing a cab driver in 2011 was reset Monday to …
Crime & Courts Jan. 4, 2013 3:43 pm4694d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man convicted in the murder and rape of a 17-year-old Cedar Rapids woman in Jones County …
Crime & Courts Jan. 3, 2013 3:58 pm4695d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A woman charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 17-month-old-toddler in 2010 is asking the …
Crime & Courts Jan. 3, 2013 12:19 pm4695d ago
A kidnapping trial for a Cedar Rapids man accused of holding a woman for nearly 10 hours and sexually assaulting …
News Dec. 21, 2012 9:30 pm4708d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Zyriah Schlitter will spend up to 55 years in prison for killing his 17-month-old daughter, Kamryn, who …
Crime & Courts Dec. 21, 2012 3:36 pm4708d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 19-year-old was charged Thursday for breaking into a Marion residence Wednesday and robbing a man while …
Crime & Courts Sep. 17, 2021 1:21 pm1516d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jurors will resume deliberations 8:30 a.m. Friday in the Zyriah Schlitter murder trial. The trial started more …


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