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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 Mar. 10, 2010 12:06 pm5797d ago
A 25-year-old Ethiopian man is asking a federal magistrate judge to suppress a search of his belongings at the Eastern …
News Mar. 8, 2010 7:25 pm5799d ago
Reynaldo Lopez said his home has been in Postville for 10 years and he would like to stay in America …
News Mar. 4, 2010 12:37 am5803d ago
I’ve been liveblogging state and federal court trials for more than a year now, but the Mark Becker murder trial …
News Mar. 4, 2010 12:31 am5803d ago
U.S. District Chief Judge Linda Reade denied motions today for an acquittal and a new trial on the bank fraud …
News Feb. 18, 2022 12:30 pm1434d ago
Todd Thomas said his family feels that justice was served and that the system worked after a jury on Tuesday …
News Mar. 2, 2010 1:24 pm5805d ago
UPDATE: Mark Becker was found guilty of first-degree murder this morning in the shooting death of Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed …
Mar. 1, 2010 7:00 pm5806d ago
(AP) – A jury deliberating the fate of a man accused of gunning down his former high school football coach …
News Jan. 3, 2022 12:35 pm1480d ago
ALLISON – Jurors in Mark Becker’s first-degree murder trial will resume deliberations Monday morning after spending 2 1/2 days considering …
News Feb. 25, 2010 6:10 pm5810d ago
Jurors told the judge this afternoon that they were at a “stalemate” in the Mark Becker murder trial. The eight-man, …
Feb. 24, 2010 8:02 pm5811d ago
Assistant Attorney General Scott Brown said Wednesday the shooting of the legendary football coach Ed Thomas by Mark Becker was …
News Feb. 24, 2010 4:15 pm5811d ago
The jury has gone home for the day in the Mark Becker murder trial. Deliberations will resume 9 a.m. Thursday. …
News Feb. 24, 2010 2:00 pm5811d ago
If Mark Becker is found guilty of first-degree murder, he will go to prison for the rest of his life. …
Feb. 24, 2010 12:11 pm5811d ago
UPDATE: Assistant Attorney General Scott Brown said today it was Mark Becker’s choice to shoot Aplington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas …
News Feb. 23, 2010 7:12 pm5812d ago
The Butler County seat was abuzz when it heard the Mark Becker murder trial would be held in Allison, population …
News Feb. 23, 2010 11:05 am5812d ago
A Des Moines psychiatrist testified Tuesday that Mark Becker’s delusions and hallucinations caused by his paranoid schizophrenia didn’t interfere with …


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