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 Mar. 18, 2011 4:06 pm5423d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 48-year-old Hiawatha man was sentenced to three years probation Friday in Linn County District Court for …
News Mar. 15, 2011 3:15 pm5426d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Cedar Rapids man who pleaded guilty in January to throwing a molotov cocktail through an …
News Mar. 15, 2011 8:01 am5427d ago
A person found guilty of murder pays for the crime with life, but taxpayers and the county where the crime …
News Mar. 11, 2011 7:08 pm5430d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Linn County Attorney’s Office dismissed theft charges Thursday against a 26-year-old Toledo man killed in a …
News Mar. 10, 2011 11:02 pm5431d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two investment advisers accused of a Ponzi-type scheme, involving more than $200,000 from some Linn County residents …
News Mar. 9, 2011 3:01 pm5432d ago
WATERLOO – A judge will not dismiss charges against a former Waterloo teacher accused of pouring chocolate syrup on a …
News Mar. 7, 2011 8:04 pm5434d ago
A former Regina High School teacher in Iowa City was sentenced Monday in Jones County District Court to 90 days …
News Mar. 7, 2011 12:21 pm5435d ago
A McGregor man and his grandfather, charged with child pornography charges, were sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court. Travis Matthew, …
News Mar. 5, 2011 10:59 pm5436d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 43-year-old Cedar Rapids man who pawned a shotgun was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to …
News Mar. 4, 2011 11:36 am5438d ago
An attorney for a former Waterloo teacher accused of pouring chocolate syrup on a student in 2009 argued Friday the …
News Mar. 3, 2011 11:15 am5439d ago
The sexual exploitation trial of Jeremy Chamberlin, a former Olin High School teacher, was reset last week to April 12 …
News Mar. 3, 2011 4:38 am5439d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge dismissed an civil appeal late Tuesday of two Cedar Rapids police officers fired in 2007, …
News Mar. 2, 2011 10:25 am5440d ago
A 20-year-old Cedar Rapids man was given a deferred judgment and probation Wednesday for his part in the robbery and …
Government & Politics Feb. 26, 2011 11:07 pm5443d ago
A Vanderbilt law professor who studies judicial selection suggests lawyers shouldn’t be part of the nominating commission, or if they …
News Feb. 24, 2011 6:01 pm5445d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first-degree kidnapping trial of Keith Elson Jr., accused of kidnapping and raping a Kwik Shop clerk …


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