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 Dec. 11, 2009 12:01 pm5815d ago
A new Internet-based communications system will connect emergency responders throughout Linn County to each other, no matter what radio networks …
News Dec. 10, 2009 12:10 pm5816d ago
A Cedar Rapids man who represented himself on a burglary charge, and was convicted by a Linn County jury in …
News Dec. 8, 2009 1:52 pm5818d ago
Attorney for convicted landlord Robert Miell requests a continuance of his sentencing hearing that was postponed in September after Miell …
News Dec. 8, 2009 1:44 pm5818d ago
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office is moving back next month to its downtown office that was flooded last year. The …
News Dec. 8, 2009 1:00 pm5818d ago
Attorneys for former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin will appeal his motion for bail to the U.S. Court of Appeals. …
News Dec. 8, 2009 12:08 pm5818d ago
A man who kidnapped, assaulted and tortured his estranged wife last May pleaded guilty today to five charges that could …
News Dec. 4, 2009 1:20 pm5822d ago
A former Agriprocessors human resources employee was sentenced this week in U.S. District Court to probation on a harboring charge. …
Dec. 4, 2009 9:40 am5822d ago
Mercy Medical Center in Sioux City agreed this week to pay the government $400,000 to settle allegations of inflating charges …
Government & Politics Dec. 3, 2009 1:39 pm5823d ago
The 6th Judicial District Courts, along with the other Iowa district courts, the Iowa Court of Appeals and the Iowa …
News Dec. 3, 2009 1:23 pm5823d ago
The first-degree murder trial of Jason Blackcloud is reset to Apr. 12. A pretrial will be 1:30 p.m. Apr. 1. …
News Nov. 30, 2009 7:27 pm5826d ago
Eyewitnesses to crimes are called upon to identify the offender, but they sometimes finger the wrong person because they feel …
News Nov. 25, 2009 3:30 pm5831d ago
The 24 undocumented former Agriprocessors workers designated as material witnesses in criminal cases will be released, according to a motion …
News Nov. 24, 2009 3:36 pm5832d ago
Sixth Judicial District Judge Robert Sosalla gave a man probation today for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl, but first told …
News Nov. 24, 2009 10:40 am5832d ago
Former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin filed an appeal Monday asking a federal judge to reconsider granting him bail pending …
News Nov. 23, 2009 4:52 pm5833d ago
A judge dismissed a misconduct in office charge against the city’s former veteran’s memorial director today, after the state admitted …


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