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 Sep. 22, 2009 1:10 pm5895d ago
Sixth Judicial District Judge Thomas Koehler granted the defense’s motion for change of venue in the trial of Jose Rockiett, …
News Sep. 21, 2009 9:47 pm5896d ago
Former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin is suing a government agency for non-compliance with a Freedom of Information Act request …
News Sep. 21, 2009 1:34 pm5896d ago
Former Agriprocessors vice president Sholom Rubashkin is suing a government agency for non-compliance with a Freedom of Information request regarding …
News Sep. 18, 2009 12:45 pm5899d ago
About 62 percent of the mock jury panel in the Michelle Kehoe murder case in Buchanan County District Court today …
News Sep. 17, 2009 2:06 pm5900d ago
A third mental evaluation will be conducted on a man accused of cutting out a pacemaker from his father’s chest …
News Sep. 15, 2009 1:37 pm5902d ago
Police are investigating a Toledo couple accused of more than $78,000 of “improper spending and unsupported disbursements” from a state …
News Sep. 11, 2009 1:06 pm5906d ago
The 15-year-old driver involved in the fatal crash that killed her 16-year-old Clear Creek Amana High passenger last week will …
News Sep. 9, 2009 3:31 pm5908d ago
UPDATE: Jose Rockiett admitted to police he hit Cedar Rapids officer Tim Davis the night of a March 29 robbery …
News Sep. 3, 2009 2:53 pm5914d ago
David Christian, charged with killing his neighbor during a chess game, will plead guilty later this month to voluntary manslaughter, …
News Sep. 2, 2009 4:00 am5916d ago
The tax and mail fraud sentencing of Cedar Rapids landlord Robert Miell starts today and will continue Thursday in U.S. …
News Sep. 1, 2009 12:09 pm5916d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Agriprocessors financial trial will be moved to Sioux Falls, S.D., because a judge says the pretrial …
News Aug. 31, 2009 9:29 pm5917d ago
Assistant U.S. Attorney Ian Thornhill and Magistrate Judge and attorney Karen Egerton were nominated Friday for the next Sixth Judicial …
News Aug. 31, 2009 11:10 am5917d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The first trial regarding financial criminal charges against Agriprocessors and former vice president Sholom Rubashkin was continued …
News Aug. 27, 2009 5:42 pm5921d ago
Peggy Sue King, 50, of Garrison, charged with vehicular homicide, was found guilty today in Benton County District Court after …
News Aug. 26, 2009 10:24 pm5922d ago
Sixth Judicial District Judge Patrick Grady was appointed Wednesday as the chief judge to replace David Remley, who retires Sept. …


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