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 Jul. 28, 2011 4:40 pm5221d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 43-year-old man was found guilty by a jury Thursday of robbing a Community Savings Bank of …
News Jul. 27, 2011 6:20 pm5221d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Marion and North Liberty police officers recovered computer images, videos and printed images of child erotica and …
News May. 27, 2022 12:49 pm1265d ago
UPDATE: Tonch Weldon will spend the rest of his life in prison for fatally shooting Amy Gephart in the heart …
News Jul. 25, 2011 4:00 pm5224d ago
MARENGO – Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Tonch Weldon, 39, of Blairstown, recessed early Monday, saying they wanted …
News Jul. 25, 2011 9:00 am5224d ago
Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Tonch Weldon, 39, of Blairstown, begin their fourth day of deliberations at 9 …
News Jul. 22, 2011 4:55 pm5227d ago
MARENGO – The jury will resume deliberations at 9 a.m. Monday in the first-degree murder trial of Tonch Weldon, 39, …
News Jul. 21, 2011 4:20 pm5228d ago
UPDATE: No verdict was reached on Thursday. The jurors will return 9 a.m. Friday. Earlier in the day, the jury …
News Mar. 7, 2023 12:46 pm981d ago
UPDATE: Tonch Weldon’s actions — taking a shotgun and shooting Amy Gephart directly in the chest — are proof of …
News May. 27, 2022 2:38 pm1265d ago
MARENGO – A forensic toxicologist testified Tuesday that alcohol impedes a person’s ability to plan and organize, affects physical and …
News Mar. 7, 2023 12:50 pm981d ago
The defense in the first-degree murder trial of Tonch Weldon, 39, of Blairstown, continues its case at 9 a.m. Tuesday …
News Jul. 18, 2011 3:35 pm5231d ago
The state asked the court Monday to reconsider suppressing a Nebraska man’s statements to an investigator after he was arrested …
News Jul. 18, 2011 2:30 pm5231d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-Davenport man was found guilty Monday in Linn County District Court for sexually abusing a 7-year-0ld …
News Jul. 18, 2011 12:28 pm5231d ago
A Cedar Rapids man charged in the death of his 17-month-old daughter paid his reduced bond Monday and is free …
News Jul. 18, 2011 7:40 am5231d ago
Judges make serious, difficult decisions every day that affect people’s lives: a defendant’s freedom pending trial, a convicted offender’s prison …
News Jul. 15, 2011 3:25 pm5234d ago
MARENGO – Fingerprints and palm prints found on the shotgun used in the slaying of Amy Gephart belonged to defendant …


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