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. 30, 2012 12:08 pm4831d ago
A judge Tuesday denied a Waterloo man’s guilty plea for ramming three police cars in August during a high-speed chase …
Crime & Courts Oct. 29, 2012 1:45 pm4832d ago
A Clinton man charged in the sexual assault of female resident at an Anamosa care facility was sentenced last week …
Crime & Courts Oct. 26, 2012 2:39 pm4835d ago
Two investigators testified in court Friday that Zyriah Schlitter was arrested after an interview in 2011 following a polygraph test …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 24, 2012 8:35 pm4836d ago
The discussion Wednesday focused on the good, the bad and the confusion, depending on perspective, of the judicial retention and …
Crime & Courts Oct. 24, 2012 11:23 am4837d ago
A Cedar Rapids teen charged in an assault which left a boy with a broken jaw will not be tried …
News Oct. 23, 2012 2:00 pm4838d ago
MANCHESTER – The murder trial of a 17-year-old accused of killing his grandparents last May was continued Tuesday and reset …
Crime & Courts Oct. 11, 2021 3:04 pm1563d ago
Attorneys said Monday the murder trial for Jerome Power, who is accused of strangling to death his neighbor in 2010, …
News Oct. 18, 2012 2:33 pm4843d ago
A 28-year-old Cedar Rapids man accused of vehicular homicide in the death of an Alburnett woman in March pleaded not …
Campaigns & Elections Oct. 17, 2012 11:35 am4844d ago
Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Tvedt will lead the efforts in the district office in connection with the Justice Department’s nationwide …
Crime & Courts Oct. 16, 2012 1:10 pm4845d ago
A federal judge told a California man last week that his medical marijuana license was a “red herring” because he …
Crime & Courts Oct. 15, 2012 1:43 pm4846d ago
The U.S. Attorney’s Office has established a telephone line and a page on its Web site to provide updates and …
Oct. 9, 2012 6:40 pm4851d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge ruled late Tuesday Russell Wasendorf Sr., who pleaded last month to embezzling $200 million …
News Oct. 9, 2012 9:50 am4852d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man accused of killing a cab driver filed a motion last Friday to continue his trial …
Crime & Courts Oct. 4, 2012 1:08 pm4857d 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 am4857d ago
The state of Iowa has received a $750,000 federal grant to provide training and technical assistance to improve juvenile justice …


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