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 Sep. 29, 2011 10:00 pm5157d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 67-year-old man pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to robbing Hills Bank and Trust on …
News Sep. 29, 2011 9:10 pm5157d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 48-year-old West Branch man was charged last week in U.S. District Court with one count of …
News Sep. 29, 2011 3:30 pm5157d ago
MARION – A Marion man accused of sexually assaulting a woman and sexual exploitation of a child now faces an …
News Sep. 29, 2011 3:00 pm5158d ago
MANCHESTER – The murder trial of a 42-year-old Ryan woman accused of killing her husband has been reset to Dec. …
News Sep. 29, 2011 2:00 pm5158d ago
VINTON – A former Vinton-Shellsburg School Board president received a suspended sentence and probation Thursday in Benton County District Court …
News Sep. 29, 2011 7:15 am5158d ago
Mistrials – like the one granted this week in Johnson County District Court – are uncommon, and mistrials based on …
News Sep. 27, 2011 7:55 pm5159d ago
IOWA CITY – Charles Thompson is an innocent man and will be vindicated, his defense attorney said after a judge …
News Sep. 16, 2011 1:04 pm5171d ago
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the conviction of former Agriprocessors manager Sholom Rubashkin who was convicted in …
News Sep. 14, 2011 1:07 pm5173d ago
The Toledo city clerk charged with child endangerment waived her preliminary hearing this week, and her husband charged with sexually …
News Sep. 8, 2011 12:37 pm5179d ago
An appeal filed by Mark Becker, convicted of killing legendary high school football coach Ed Thomas in 2009, was denied …
News Sep. 8, 2011 8:18 am5179d ago
The 32-year-old Nebraska man accused of killing an I-80 maintenance worker last year waived his right to a jury trial …
News Sep. 7, 2011 2:30 pm5180d ago
MARENGO -The trial for a man accused of making a terrorism threat against the Amana Refrigeration Appliance factory is reset …
News Sep. 6, 2011 8:15 pm5180d ago
DES MOINES -Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady said Tuesday live streaming oral arguments is just one more way …
News Sep. 1, 2011 6:45 pm5185d ago
A West Branch woman’s fight to get Social Security benefits for her child who was conceived through artificial insemination nearly …
News Sep. 1, 2011 6:10 pm5185d ago
IOWA CITY -The murder trial for an 18-year-old Iowa City man accused in the slaying of an Iowa City landlord …


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