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 Aug. 8, 2012 11:52 am4843d ago
A former Olin High School resource teacher and volleyball coach convicted of sexual exploitation and other charges in 2011 will …
Aug. 2, 2012 2:40 pm4849d ago
The man accused of killing a Cedar Rapids cab driver last year, set to stand trial in less than two …
Aug. 2, 2012 11:45 am4849d ago
A 29-year-old man serving time for sexually abusing a 4-year-old in 2010 pleaded guilty Thursday in Linn County District Court …
News Aug. 2, 2012 8:45 am4850d ago
A man accused of telling his former employee he was a Hepatitis B carrier, and bled into batches of a …
Jul. 31, 2012 11:55 am4851d ago
A judge denied a request to lower a $3 million bond set for a 22-year-old man accused of killing a …
News Jul. 30, 2012 9:00 am4853d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former police chief and gun dealer in Williamsburg pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to structuring …
State Government Jul. 27, 2012 1:50 pm4855d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday state law preempts a city ordinance regulating nude dancing in Hamburg. The Hamburg city …
News Jul. 27, 2012 6:55 am4856d ago
A former employee has been charged with embezzling about $90,ooo from Legacy Manufacturing in Marion. Danielle Tiegen, 37, of Marion, …
News Jul. 26, 2012 11:10 am4856d ago
A Lisbon High School wrestler was found guilty of harassment last week for his involvement in a bullying incident against …
News Jul. 26, 2012 8:36 am4857d ago
A Cedar Rapids metal plating plant will pay a civil penalty of more than $19,000 to the government to settle …
News Jul. 25, 2012 2:00 pm4857d ago
Most people can get relief from the searing temperatures this week, but some of Iowa’s 8,332 prison inmates don’t have …
News Jul. 25, 2012 11:43 am4857d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge suspended court proceedings Wednesday against a man accused of attempting to kill his next-door neighbors …
News Jul. 24, 2012 9:45 am4859d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal jury has found a serial arsonist guilty of starting three Eastern Iowa fires, one of …
News Jul. 20, 2012 2:50 pm4862d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A roofing contractor from Texas working in Cedar Rapids and harboring illegal workers was sentenced this week …
News Jul. 20, 2012 10:28 am4862d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the murder conviction of a Parkersburg man who shot and killed legendary Aplington/Parkersburg High School …


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