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 Oct. 4, 2012 1:08 pm4786d ago
A rural Vinton man was charged this week in federal court after Benton County deputies found a “sophisticated hydroponic marijuana grow operation” …
Oct. 4, 2012 7:45 am4787d ago
The state of Iowa has received a $750,000 federal grant to provide training and technical assistance to improve juvenile justice …
Government & Politics Sep. 27, 2012 6:45 pm4793d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two men serving life in prison without parole for murders they committed as 17-year-olds are the latest …
Crime & Courts Sep. 26, 2012 8:13 am4794d ago
A 39-year-old Cedar Rapids man is charged with falsely telling his former employer a Hepatitis B carrier had contaminated a …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 25, 2012 3:15 pm4795d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Dan Moore, Sioux City attorney, urged a crowd of about 150 Tuesday in Greene Square Park to …
News Sep. 24, 2012 7:19 pm4796d ago
Police arrested a third man Monday in connection with last Thursday’s Guaranty Bank robbery. Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Steve O’Konek …
Crime & Courts Sep. 24, 2012 10:55 am4796d ago
The retrial of Jacovan Bush on a first-degree murder charge has been reset for early next year. Bush, 23, of …
Crime & Courts Sep. 21, 2012 1:26 pm4799d ago
A Central City man accused of shooting and killing a Cedar Rapids man last month pleaded not guilty Thursday, and …
Crime & Courts Sep. 21, 2012 11:01 am4799d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended a Waterloo attorney’s license for 30 days for misconduct, mishandling retainers and failure to …
Campaigns & Elections Sep. 21, 2012 10:32 am4799d ago
The Iowa State Bar Association is joining the campaign to support the Iowa judicial merit selection system and all the …
Sep. 20, 2012 11:00 pm4800d ago
A prosecutor in California says testimony of an Iowa woman was “powerful” in helping to convict a killer after 21 …
News Sep. 20, 2012 6:30 am4801d ago
The only description a store clerk gives police of a robbery suspect is that he had a napkin wrapped around …
News Sep. 14, 2021 2:19 pm1519d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Four people charged in a large prostitution sting conducted in June pleaded guilty Wednesday in Linn County …
Nation and World Sep. 19, 2012 12:25 pm4801d ago
U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose said it was bittersweet to leave her professional “home” after 16 years, but she loves new …
News Sep. 19, 2012 11:00 am4801d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mount Vernon man who produced videos of himself sexually abusing a child was sentenced Tuesday to …


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