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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
Crime & Courts Sep. 29, 2022 4:47 pm1135d ago
A Cedar Rapids woman chosen as a juror in August was charged with perjury for not disclosing she knew the man on trial and made false statements under oath.
Crime & Courts Sep. 30, 2022 1:29 am1135d ago
A Wellman man is suing Mercy Hospital in Iowa City for giving him 10 times the dose of an opioid drug for pain that a doctor prescribed after he broke his ribs in a fall.
Crime & Courts Sep. 29, 2022 11:51 am1135d ago
A Cedar Rapids man, who was convicted as a juvenile in 2010 fatal robbery, was arrested this week by U.S. marshals on 12 warrants for gun and drug charges.
Crime & Courts Sep. 28, 2022 4:25 pm1136d ago
An ex-trooper, who faced a second trial, pleaded this week to using unreasonable force on a motorcyclist in 2017. He admitted to striking the compliant Davenport man on Sept. 25, 2017 and knocking him backwards onto his cycle.
Crime & Courts Sep. 27, 2022 6:11 pm1137d ago
A domestic violence consultant testified Tuesday that Jacqueline Holmes of Cedar Rapids, on trial for fatally stabbing her boyfriend, was a battered woman.
Crime & Courts Sep. 26, 2022 7:02 pm1138d ago
The girlfriend of a Cedar Rapids man fatally stabbed in 2020, during a police interview, changed her story numerous times of what happened and how her boyfriend was injured.
Crime & Courts Sep. 23, 2022 6:00 am1141d ago
A prosecutor said Thursday a Cedar Rapids woman wouldn’t give vital information to a 911 dispatcher after she fatally stabbed a man in Cedar Rapids in 2020. The defense said she was a victim or abuse and was defending herself.
Crime & Courts Sep. 20, 2022 5:44 pm1144d ago
A Chicago pharmacologist, testifying for the defense, said Tuesday that a Marion woman died from the high level of meth in her system, instead of the 26 stabbing injuries that an autopsy stated was her cause of death.
Crime & Courts Sep. 20, 2022 8:44 am1144d ago
A forensic psychiatrist testified Monday that a Marion man couldn’t distinguish right from wrong when he killed his ex-girlfriend in 2017 and that he was suffering from meth-induced psychosis when he stabbed her 26 times.
Crime & Courts Sep. 16, 2022 6:07 pm1148d ago
A California man pleaded to a drug conspiracy charge after being nabbed at the LA airport for trying to smuggle meth onto a plane. He is one of 11 men charged in Cedar Rapids meth trafficking ring.
Crime & Courts Sep. 16, 2022 5:00 am1149d ago
A judge will review an independent competency exam of Cedar Rapids man, who was convicted last year for sex assault of incapacitated Iowa City woman and video recording it, to determine if can stand trial in three more sex assault trials.
Crime & Courts Sep. 15, 2022 7:53 pm1149d ago
A deputy medical examiner said 26 stab injuries to 29-year-old Carrie Davis were “sufficient” to kill her.
Crime & Courts Sep. 15, 2022 7:54 am1149d ago
A former Cedar Rapids man who fled the country over 7 years ago was convicted this week for distributing synthetic marijuana from a smoke shop.
Crime & Courts Sep. 14, 2022 7:03 pm1150d ago
Mother of Marion man on trial for murder says she suspected he killed his girlfriend and concealed it in a roll of carpet after seeing it on a trailer in her driveway.
Crime & Courts Oct. 14, 2022 3:56 pm1120d ago
Prosecutor says a Marion woman was killed in “vicious attack and calculated cover-up” by her ex-boyfriend. He stabbed her 26 times and then concealed her body in a roll of carpet in 2017. This is his second murder trial. His conviction in 2018 was overturned.

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