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 Apr. 20, 2011 3:15 pm5390d ago
Court appointed attorneys struggling to keep their law practices open over the last two months because the state couldn’t pay …
News Apr. 20, 2011 3:01 pm5390d ago
UPDATED: A 16-year-old girl said her former Olin High School advisor and volleyball coach started out texting her about school …
News Apr. 15, 2011 5:24 pm5395d ago
The woman charged in drowning her 4-year-old son in a bathtub last year pleaded guilty Friday to child endangerment resulting …
Apr. 15, 2011 1:35 pm5395d ago
A 60-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Friday in Linn County District Court to 10 years in prison for sexually …
Apr. 14, 2011 5:49 pm5396d ago
IOWA CITY, Iowa – A Johnson County jury found Gregory Phillips guilty Thursday of threatening his landlord with a loaded …
News Apr. 13, 2011 11:55 am5397d ago
A former Agriprocessors manager was arrested in Israel March 31 following a U.S. request for extradition from Israel issued in …
News Apr. 12, 2011 3:28 pm5398d ago
FORT COLLINS, Colorado – A Cedar Rapids woman charged with 35 counts of animal abuse and other charges waived extradition …
News Apr. 12, 2011 2:37 pm5398d ago
Three defendants convicted for the murder of Kevin Bell, 26, last year will be sentenced in June in Linn County …
News Apr. 12, 2011 1:22 pm5398d ago
The sexual exploitation trial of a former Olin High School teacher is still on track to start April 19 in …
News Apr. 12, 2011 12:01 am5399d ago
Sixth Judicial District Judge Stephen Jackson Jr. says after spending about four months on the bench he realizes how hard …
News Apr. 11, 2011 2:51 pm5399d ago
An apartment manager testified Monday a former tenant, Gregory Phillips, came into his office Sept. 4, 2008 and stuck a …
News Apr. 10, 2011 7:41 am5401d ago
WILLIAMSBURG – Unanswered questions remain in the IRS seizure of more than $460,000 in cash from a former Williamsburg chief …
Apr. 8, 2011 5:56 pm5402d ago
WILLIAMSBURG – Unanswered questions remain in the IRS seizure of more than $460,000 in cash from a former Williamsburg chief …
News Apr. 8, 2011 8:12 am5403d ago
The temptation is bound to exist for a juror to jump on Facebook or Twitter and tell friends they have …
Apr. 7, 2011 4:20 pm5403d ago
IOWA CITY – The robbery trial of Jay Harkless, 24, of Iowa City, was continued to July 18 in Johnson …


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