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 Feb. 20, 2012 1:00 pm5084d ago
The career path of a U.S. attorney and nominee for federal judge could have taken a much different course if …
News Feb. 16, 2012 3:19 pm5088d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The murder trial for a father and his ex-girlfriend charged in the death of his 17-month-old daughter …
News Feb. 15, 2012 10:16 am5089d ago
A Cedar Rapids man’s guilty plea and sentencing was overturned Wednesday by the Iowa Court of Appeals because he wasn’t …
News Feb. 10, 2012 9:10 am5094d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Lawyers said Thursday former Iowa Supreme Court Justice David Baker, who lost the retention vote in 2010, …
News May. 3, 2022 1:28 pm1359d ago
A former Alburnett city clerk pleaded guilty Tuesday to embezzling more than $37,000 from the city between 2006 and 2009. …
News Feb. 3, 2012 9:59 am5101d ago
A 23-year-old man was found not guilty Thursday for sexually abusing a 13-year-old Marion girl in 2010. A jury acquitted …
News Feb. 3, 2012 9:12 am5101d ago
Two Cedar Rapids men pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court for their part in a heroin trafficking ring involving …
News Feb. 2, 2012 5:05 pm5102d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – President Barack Obama nominated U.S. Attorney Stephanie Rose late Thursday as the next federal judge in the …
News Feb. 2, 2012 10:45 am5102d ago
A father accused of causing rib fractures and facial bruising to his 46-day-old infant was found not guilty Thursday afternoon …
News Feb. 1, 2012 11:02 am5103d ago
The mother of a 46-day-old infant who suffered acute rib fractures, a broken clavicle and bruising on her face and …
News Jan. 31, 2012 9:30 pm5104d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Alburnett city clerk will plead guilty Monday in Linn County District Court to embezzling more …
News Jan. 31, 2012 6:40 pm5104d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first-degree murder trial for a man accused of killing a cabdriver last year has been rescheduled …
News Jan. 31, 2012 10:22 am5104d ago
A doctor testified Tuesday when he picked up 46-day-old Kaitlyn Holderfield, he could feel a crunching of her left rib …
News Jan. 31, 2012 6:50 am5104d ago
Iowa City Attorney Karen Lorenzen has to turn away prospective clients with legitimate medical malpractice claims of $25,000 to $30,000 …
News Jan. 30, 2012 11:00 am5105d ago
Jury selection finally got under way at 1:30 p.m. today in the child endangerment trial of a man accused of …


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