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 Dec. 20, 2011 12:00 pm5076d ago
A 21-year-old Fairfax man was sentenced Monday in Linn County District Court to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing …
News Dec. 16, 2011 1:26 pm5080d ago
UPDATE: Amanda Daniel said in her victim impact statement Friday she is “constantly haunted” by vivid images of the fateful …
News Dec. 15, 2011 4:00 pm5080d ago
A judge suspended sentencing Thursday for a man who attempted to jump over the railing at the courthouse after being …
News Dec. 14, 2011 4:15 pm5081d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The child endangerment trial of a Cedar Rapids man accused of striking a baby in the head …
News Dec. 13, 2011 9:15 pm5082d ago
A Hiawatha man was charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of Andre Herron, who was killed in November, and his …
News Dec. 13, 2011 1:10 pm5083d ago
A Cedar Rapids attorney pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to possession of crack cocaine. Stanley A. Roush, 52, …
News Dec. 11, 2011 10:10 am5085d ago
Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady told a U.S. Senate Judiciary committee this week that Iowa has had cameras …
News Dec. 8, 2011 9:45 pm5087d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The City of Cedar Rapids filed a motion for dismissal Wednesday in federal court, arguing Occupy Cedar …
News Dec. 8, 2011 12:20 pm5088d ago
A Marshalltown woman will spend the rest of her life in federal prison for distributing more than 30 pounds of …
News Dec. 8, 2011 12:10 pm5088d ago
A 37-year-old Cedar Rapids man received a suspended sentence Thursday in Linn County District Court for breaking into a home …
News Dec. 7, 2011 5:15 pm5088d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a petition filed by three lawyers who claimed …
News Dec. 5, 2011 8:15 pm5090d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Some South Korean judges had many questions for the 6th Judicial District judges about legal procedures and …
News Dec. 5, 2011 6:45 pm5090d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man with a lengthy criminal history will have his next trial in Scott County after a …
News Dec. 2, 2011 2:16 pm5094d ago
IOWA CITY – A man accused of killing an Iowa City landlord went from facing life in prison to possibly …
News Nov. 30, 2011 9:01 pm5095d ago
A West Branch woman attempting to get Social Security benefits for her daughter who was conceived through artificial insemination after …


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