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
News Jan. 11, 2012 8:15 pm5053d ago
IOWA CITY – The Johnson County Attorney’s Office will not resist a University of Iowa student’s request to move his …
News Jan. 11, 2012 8:25 am5054d ago
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to probation Tuesday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in January. Scott Speth, 19, …
News Jan. 10, 2012 9:40 pm5054d ago
IOWA CITY – A University of Iowa student accused of choking a police officer last month claims his charges were …
News Jan. 6, 2012 2:30 pm5058d ago
A former dean of ITT Technical Institute’s Cedar Rapids campus was sentenced Friday in federal court to 10 years in …
News Jan. 6, 2012 10:05 am5059d ago
A Des Moines attorney will not be allowed to practice law for 30 days because of sloppy billing and accounting …
News Jan. 5, 2012 6:46 am5060d ago
Two people who have pleaded guilty to firearm charges in a federal case may now be implicated in a murder-for-hire …
News Jan. 4, 2012 11:59 am5061d ago
The trial for a Cedar Rapids man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman has been reset again, to …
Dec. 30, 2011 3:25 pm5065d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS -The trial for a man accused of forcing his way into an elderly woman’s home and sexually assaulting …
News Dec. 29, 2011 9:00 am5067d ago
The sexual abuse trial for a Marion man accused of assaulting a woman in 2009 has been reset to March …
News Dec. 29, 2011 6:10 am5067d ago
The trial for one of the men accused of sexually assaulting a resident at a care facility last summer has …
Dec. 28, 2011 4:00 pm5067d ago
UPDATE: A former Iowa Workforce Development employee, previously convicted of similar charges in 2000, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court …
News Dec. 23, 2011 1:05 pm5072d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday a video camera hidden in a bathroom by an insurance agent doesn’t have to …
News Dec. 23, 2011 10:57 am5073d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A second man accused of killing Andre Herron was charged Friday in Linn County District Court Justin …
News Dec. 22, 2011 3:00 pm5073d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Hiawatha man accused of stealing more than $200,000 from Newell Machinery Co. will stand trial Feb. …
News Dec. 21, 2011 4:15 pm5074d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Marion man who pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, after a previous conviction for a …


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