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. 10, 2012 9:40 pm5125d 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 pm5129d 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 am5129d 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 am5130d 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 am5131d 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 pm5136d 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 am5137d 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 am5137d 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 pm5138d 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 pm5143d 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 am5143d 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 pm5144d 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 pm5145d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Marion man who pleaded guilty to receiving child pornography, after a previous conviction for a …
News Dec. 20, 2011 12:00 pm5146d 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 pm5150d ago
UPDATE: Amanda Daniel said in her victim impact statement Friday she is “constantly haunted” by vivid images of the fateful …


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