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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
Campaigns & Elections Jan. 31, 2022 6:01 pm
Lyness will retire after serving over 31 years in county attorney’s office
Crime and Courts Jan. 31, 2022 4:22 pm
He faces 10 years in prison, but seeks deferred judgment
Crime and Courts Jan. 31, 2022 5:07 pm
“I won’t forgive you,” victim’s son says
Crime and Courts Jan. 28, 2022 7:38 pm
Grandmother: ‘We don’t need to lose any more children’
Crime and Courts Jan. 27, 2022 1:08 pm
He must pay each of the 11 victims $3,000 in restitution
Crime and Courts Jan. 28, 2022 9:42 am
Provided false information to acquire loan to fund ‘newbo evolve’
Crime and Courts Jan. 26, 2022 8:55 pm
He admitted to sending false budget to bank
Crime and Courts Jan. 25, 2022 5:05 pm
He believes he has strongest qualifications to lead the office
Crime and Courts Jan. 24, 2022 6:14 pm
He and wife fled the country in 2014, failed to show for plea hearing
Crime and Courts Jan. 21, 2022 5:52 pm
Sabrina Thalblum ordered to pay $10K fine, be confined to home for 6 months
Crime and Courts Jan. 21, 2022 5:32 pm
He called sentence ‘court-ordered spiritual retreat’
Crime and Courts Jan. 19, 2022 6:38 pm
Nine candidates applied to replace Judge Mary Chicchelly, who has been appointed to Iowa Court of Appeals
Crime and Courts Jan. 19, 2022 10:01 pm
It’s tough to prove and rarely successful in Iowa, defense attorney says
Crime and Courts Jan. 18, 2022 8:35 pm
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to federal prison for 140 years for sexual exploitation of children and distributing child …
Crime and Courts Jan. 18, 2022 2:56 pm
Tama County sheriff’s deputy not identified in news release