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 Feb. 9, 2010 3:45 pm5755d ago
A 27-year-old man already serving five years in state prison for involuntary manslaughter won’t be free on his release date …
News Feb. 9, 2010 1:52 pm5755d ago
Denem Null, 16, of Cedar Rapids, charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Cedar Rapids man, will …
News Feb. 9, 2010 7:00 am5756d ago
Jury selection for the first-degree murder trial of Mark Becker, accused of killing Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, will begin …
News Feb. 8, 2010 2:05 pm5756d ago
A 60-year-old man who always represents himself in court fought for a new trial last month on a burglary charge, …
News Feb. 7, 2010 2:38 pm5757d ago
SHELL ROCK – Jury selection in the Mark Becker murder trial has been delayed due to the weather. Judge Stephen …
News Feb. 5, 2010 4:48 pm5759d ago
A woman said the day her husband grabbed her and dragged her by a choke hold down into the basement …
News Feb. 5, 2010 3:26 pm5759d ago
A former Agriprocessors human resource employee was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to one year probation for helping to …
News Feb. 5, 2010 11:23 am5759d ago
The motion to continue Monday’s sex abuse trial of a former Iowa City school counselor was denied today. Donald Clark, …
News Feb. 4, 2010 1:25 pm5760d ago
Stephanie Davis said so many things were going through her mind as the 18-year-old who beat her husband Police Officer …
News Feb. 3, 2010 12:34 pm5761d ago
A federal judge will allow convicted former Agriprocessors vice president to be evaluated by a Maryland psychiatrist in the Linn …
News Jan. 30, 2010 5:41 pm5765d ago
The first-degree murder trial of Mark Becker, 24, accused of killing Aplington/Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas, is still set to …
News Jan. 29, 2010 2:35 pm5766d ago
A Linn County man was convicted this week for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 2006. Duane Fleming, 39, was …
News Jan. 28, 2010 3:35 pm5767d ago
The second-degree sexual abuse trial of a former Iowa City school counselor will start Feb. 8 in Johnson County District …
News Jan. 28, 2010 2:55 pm5767d ago
Richard Olmstead Jr., 42, of Cedar Rapids, was found not guilty of second-degree sexual abuse Wednesday in a non jury …
News Jan. 27, 2010 7:26 pm5768d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Thousands of dollars were embezzled over two years from the Cedar Rapids school district by an employee, …


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