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
Jan. 22, 2011 9:18 pm5478d ago
The 60 applicants for the three vacancies on the Iowa Supreme Court are a diverse group with backgrounds as judges, …
News Jan. 20, 2011 4:59 am5481d ago
DAVENPORT – Curtis Bailey’s family and friends hugged and cried, and some let out big sighs of relief, as the …
News Jan. 19, 2011 7:55 am5482d ago
Curtis Bailey’s family and friends hugged and had tears, and some let out some big sighs of relief as the …
News Jan. 18, 2011 10:47 am5483d ago
Curtis Bailey’s death wasn’t the result of self-defense or an accidental killing – it was a premeditated act by Jacob …
News Jan. 17, 2011 12:18 pm5484d ago
A competency hearing has been set for a Nebraska man accused of killing a maintenance worker at the Victor Interstate …
News Jan. 14, 2011 3:30 pm5486d ago
The defense in the Jacob Hilgendorf murder trial rested Friday without putting on any witnesses – a day after jurors …
News Jan. 13, 2011 6:59 pm5487d ago
DAVENPORT – Jacob Hilgendorf confessed to beating to death Curtis Bailey after an Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agent encourages …
News Jan. 12, 2011 6:59 pm5488d ago
Jacob Hilgendorf’s best friend testified Wednesday he admitted to her about killing Curtis Bailey after his mother told her of …
News Jan. 11, 2011 3:02 pm5489d ago
Jurors in the first-degree murder trial of Jacob Hilgendorf heard a recorded phone call Tuesday of the defendant admitting to …
News Jan. 10, 2011 5:01 am5491d ago
DAVENPORT – A 21-year-old Belle Plaine man will stand trial this week in Scott County District Court for his part …
News Jan. 9, 2011 9:01 am5492d ago
A 21-year-old Belle Plaine man will stand trial this week in Scott County District Court for his alleged role in …
News Jan. 7, 2011 2:00 pm5493d ago
Two Cedar Rapids teens were convicted Thursday by a Linn County jury of beating and robbing a man last January …
News Jan. 7, 2011 1:13 pm5493d ago
A 71-year-old Washington County man was convicted by a jury Friday for smothering his wife to death in their home …
News Jan. 5, 2011 10:34 am5496d ago
James Blum held the life of his wife in his hands last January and chose to end her life during …
News Jan. 4, 2011 12:23 pm5497d ago
A former Agriprocessors manager convicted of bank fraud in 2009 filed a brief in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals …


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