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 Jan. 26, 2010 10:48 am5769d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man who represents himself in court today asked for a burglary charge to be dismissed after …
News Jan. 25, 2010 1:40 pm5770d ago
The attempted murder trial of a 32-year-old man who tried to cut open his father’s chest to remove a pacemaker …
News Jan. 22, 2010 3:25 pm5773d ago
A former Agriprocessors vice president filed a second appeal to request bail pending his sentencing today to the 8th Circuit …
News Jan. 21, 2010 2:23 pm5774d ago
A 21-year-old Cedar Rapids man, charged with attempted murder and robbery, said today during a Linn County District Court hearing …
News Jan. 19, 2010 6:52 pm5776d ago
No scientific study indicates the effect of cold weather on crime, but there’s evidence that temperature can affect someone’s behavior, …
News Jan. 19, 2010 2:14 pm5776d ago
A 15-year-old involved in a robbery last year where Police officer Tim Davis was beaten unconscious pleaded guilty Thursday in …
News Jan. 16, 2010 10:59 pm5779d ago
Schelley Sanders went into a Davenport hospital on her 35th birthday in 2003 to have her fallopian tubes tied, a …
News Jan. 15, 2010 1:03 pm5780d ago
Supporters of convicted former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin hired a public relations firm this month to let the public …
News Jan. 14, 2010 12:29 pm5781d ago
The second-degree murder trial of Kim Polley, 42, of Marion, was continued Wednesday to May 10 in Linn County District …
News Jan. 14, 2010 12:17 pm5781d ago
Police are investigating a suspicious death of a 42-year-old woman found dead Sunday in the bathroom of her Northeast apartment. …
News Jan. 13, 2010 3:59 pm5782d ago
The prosecution’s psychiatric experts will be allowed to evaluate Mark Becker, accused of shooting and killing Aplington/Parkersburg football coach, at …
News Jan. 12, 2010 5:37 pm5783d ago
The robbery trial of Maurice Harden, 15, of Cedar Rapids, has been reset to Jan. 25 in Linn County District …
News Jan. 8, 2010 12:20 pm5787d ago
The U.S. Court of Appeals denied today a bail request pending sentencing for former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin. Rubashkin, …
News Jan. 8, 2010 12:04 pm5787d ago
A 19-year-old woman pleaded guilty today in Linn County District Court to neglect of a child and involuntary manslaughter in …
News Jan. 8, 2010 9:36 am5787d ago
Volunteers are back out today searching for a missing snowmobiler who never return home Sunday night. Marvin Davis, 52, told …


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