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 Jun. 3, 2022 9:23 am1258d ago
DAVENPORT – Jury selection starts Monday in the murder trial of the third co-conspirator charged in the beating death of …
News Aug. 14, 2011 11:45 am5204d ago
DAVENPORT – A former manager of a marine distributors company in Coralville was indicted last month in U.S. District Court …
News Aug. 13, 2011 6:00 am5205d ago
Space for court files isn’t an issue for Story County, but space for unused clips, envelopes and sticky notes might …
News Aug. 12, 2011 3:21 pm5206d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who distributed heroin, resulting in an overdose death earlier this year, was convicted Thursday after …
News Aug. 12, 2011 12:06 pm5206d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS -The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the federal conviction of a Cedar Rapids man for possession of …
News Apr. 8, 2022 3:03 pm1314d ago
MARENGO – Sentencing for Tonch Weldon, convicted of first-degree murder last month, is reset to later this month. Weldon, 39, …
News Aug. 11, 2011 11:05 am5207d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge continued the murder trial Thursday for a Cedar Rapids man accused of killing a local …
News Aug. 10, 2011 9:10 am5208d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An 18-year-old initially charged with vehicular homicide last November pleaded guilty Wednesday in Linn County District Court …
News Aug. 5, 2011 3:50 pm5213d ago
The man accused of killing a local cab driver in April claims he can’t receive a fair trial in Linn …
News Aug. 5, 2011 12:14 pm5213d ago
Linn County Attorney Jerry Vander Sanden said he filed a lesser charge earlier this week against a Cedar Rapids Police …
News Aug. 4, 2011 4:35 pm5214d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The assault trial for a man, who is also accused in the slaying of a local cab …
News Aug. 3, 2011 6:15 pm5214d ago
A Cedar Rapids police officer accused of entering a residence back porch and taking two dogs without permission was charged …
K-12 Education Aug. 2, 2011 11:52 am5216d ago
A former Dubuque-area principal pleaded guilty Tuesday in U. S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to producing videos of minors …
News Jun. 3, 2022 9:22 am1258d ago
MARENGO – The third co-conspirator charged in a Marengo man’s beating death is still on track to start mid-August in …
News Jul. 28, 2011 9:00 pm5220d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Investigators matched DNA from the crime scene to the man charged in the home invasion and sexual …


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