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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!
Latest Articles by Trish Mehaffey
News Dec. 10, 2020 6:00 pm
A Tiffin man who had tinnitus – or ringing in his ears – and some hearing loss has filed a …
Crime and Courts Dec. 10, 2020 6:14 pm
MONTEZUMA – The trial for the man accused of fatally stabbing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts over two years …
Crime and Courts Dec. 9, 2020 12:33 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man was charged Tuesday with threatening a federal prosecutor through social media and also …
Crime and Courts Dec. 7, 2020 3:54 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 17-year-old sent from adult court back to juvenile court on a robbery charge last year was …
Community Dec. 7, 2020 2:35 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS — When 8-year-old Gracie Springer cruises down the sidewalk in her electric vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz with the radio …
Crime and Courts Dec. 4, 2020 7:28 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police are asking for the public’s help as they continue to investigate several armed robberies of restaurants …
Crime and Courts Dec. 3, 2020 3:37 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Two house fires Wednesday displaced six adults and two children. All the residents got out safely or …
Crime and Courts Dec. 3, 2020 11:35 am
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the outpatient surgery center as a Unity-Point-St. Luke’s facility. The center …
Crime and Courts Dec. 2, 2020 8:06 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 37-year-old Lisbon man faces a number of charges after a high-speed chase that started in Central …
Crime and Courts Dec. 1, 2020 5:32 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police are investigating seven armed robberies over two weeks last month at Cedar Rapids restaurants and grocery …
Crime and Courts Dec. 1, 2020 1:40 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 24-year-old Hiawatha man who was released from prison last month after serving time for shooting at …
Crime and Courts Nov. 30, 2020 4:33 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 23-year-old Cedar Rapids felon, released early for a drug robbery and firearms prison sentence, was arrested …
Crime and Courts Nov. 30, 2020 4:37 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 25-year-old Cedar Rapids man, while pending sentencing on a burglary and theft conviction, was arrested Sunday …
Crime and Courts Nov. 28, 2020 3:03 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids mother, in an open records lawsuit against the city’s police department, asserts her 13-year-old …
Crime and Courts Nov. 28, 2020 5:38 pm
CEDAR RAPIDS – Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal Chris Barther started out on a much different career path, going from a …