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 Aug. 26, 2010 12:08 pm5557d ago
Cynthia Vaughn, tearing up, said she feels as if she’s coming “out of the dark,” after Jason Blackcloud, who beat …
News Aug. 24, 2010 7:05 pm5559d ago
An agreement on restitution for 140 former tenants in a damage deposit fraud scheme was reached Monday between Cedar Rapids …
News Aug. 20, 2010 5:08 pm5563d ago
A 24-year-old Hiawatha man was sentenced Thursday in Linn County District Court to a 10-year suspended sentence for scalding his …
News Aug. 20, 2010 3:46 pm5563d ago
A 36-year-old Cedar Rapids woman, accused of stabbing her boyfriend who was trying to break up with her last month, …
News Aug. 19, 2010 8:27 pm5564d ago
First Assistant Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks said Thursday the plea agreement made to Lee Muldoon was a difficult decision. …
News Jan. 6, 2022 1:59 pm1406d ago
Lee Muldoon has pleaded guilty to two lesser charges, involuntary manslaughter and neglect of a child, with a possible sentence …
News Jan. 6, 2022 2:00 pm1406d ago
UPDATE: A surprise statement from a prosecution witness came close to causing a mistrial at the Lee Muldoon murder trial. …
News Jan. 6, 2022 2:04 pm1406d ago
A state’s witness dropped an unexpected bombshell in the Lee Muldoon murder trial Tuesday when he testified about a statement …
News Aug. 16, 2010 4:07 pm5567d ago
The sentencing hearing for Cedar Rapids landlord Robert Miell is scheduled to begin Tuesday (8/17) in U.S. District Court in …
News Jan. 6, 2022 2:05 pm1406d ago
Two aunts of 2-year-old Skylar Inman testified Monday they started seeing bruising on Skylar after she moved to Coggon with …
News Jan. 6, 2022 1:53 pm1406d ago
The cross examination of a paramedic became heated Friday in the Lee Muldoon murder trial when the defense attorney ripped …
News Jan. 6, 2022 2:06 pm1406d ago
UPDATE: The jury in the Lee Muldoon murder trial on Thursday looked at photos of 2-year-old Skylar Inman’s body, which …
News Aug. 11, 2010 1:50 pm5572d ago
Opening statements in the first-degree murder trial of Lee Muldoon, 25, of Coggon, will be 9 a.m. Thursday in Linn …
News Aug. 10, 2010 1:23 pm5573d ago
Jury selection continues 9 a.m. Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of Lee Muldoon, 25, of Coggon, in Linn County …
News Aug. 9, 2010 8:30 pm5574d ago
Jury selection in the first-degree murder trial of Lee Muldoon, 25, of Coggon, will continue 9 a.m. Tuesday in Linn …


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