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
Aug. 9, 2010 2:31 pm5574d ago
The former Agriprocessors vice president will serve his 27-year prison sentence for bank fraud and other charges at a medium …
News Aug. 8, 2010 7:30 pm5575d ago
Sandy Barrett said Sunday was one of the most difficult days of her life because she not only had to …
News Aug. 6, 2010 5:03 pm5577d ago
The first-degree murder trials of two teens and a 20-year-old accused of killing Kevin Bell at his Cedar Rapids home …
News Aug. 6, 2010 1:30 pm5577d ago
The charges against the co-owners of strip bar Woody’s Show Club have been amended and their trials are reset in …
Government & Politics Aug. 4, 2010 10:29 pm5579d ago
Three developers in Coralville are suing the Johnson County assessor and the county for overvalued property assessments by 54 percent. …
News Aug. 4, 2010 1:16 pm5579d ago
Another Cedar Rapids man was arrested and charged Tuesday with bootlegging for operating “Club Xclusive,” where he sold memberships for …
Jul. 30, 2010 2:49 pm5584d ago
The Iowa Supreme Court suspended the license of a Waverly lawyer for ethical violations Friday. The license of Ivan Ackerman …
News Jul. 28, 2010 11:13 pm5586d ago
The man accused of kidnapping and raping a 19-year-old convenience store clerk in May filed his intent to claim insanity …
News Jul. 23, 2010 1:41 pm5591d ago
The second-degree sexual assault trial of Cedric Everson, 21, was reset Friday to Jan. 10, 2011 in Johnson County District …
News Jul. 23, 2010 1:18 pm5591d ago
A woman said Friday she still lives with the memories of being threatened with a knife and sexually assaulted in …
Jul. 22, 2010 12:55 pm5592d ago
Four nursing employees at the Windmill Manor nursing home in Coralville testified today that the facility’s former director of nursing …
News Jul. 21, 2010 4:11 pm5593d ago
The third-degree sexual abuse trial of Robert Dolan, 50, of Olin, has been reset to Oct. 18 in Jones County …
News Jul. 21, 2010 11:36 am5593d ago
The trial for a University of Iowa medical research director, who is charged with falsifying a stabbing report, was reset …
News Jul. 21, 2010 10:40 am5593d ago
A 20-year-old Cedar Rapids man pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to one count of being a domestic violence …
News Jul. 20, 2010 12:04 pm5594d ago
A Marion man was sentenced Tuesday in Linn County District Court to 10 years in prison for beating to death …


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