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
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2021 3:11 pm1590d ago
A 44-year-old Monticello man was identified by the Iowa State Patrol as being ejected during single-vehicle rollover crash on Sunday.
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2021 5:57 pm1590d ago
Aaron Hinke was sentenced to 3 years in prison for placing an improvised bomb behind a La Motte man’s woodshed. The homeowner’s 5-year-old daughter found the “Looney Tunes bomb.”
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2021 3:36 pm1590d ago
A New Mexico man sentenced to two years probation for flying a plane without a license. The plane had engine failure over Iowa and landed near Waterloo.
Crime & Courts Sep. 9, 2021 6:08 pm1590d ago
A Solon man accused of sexually abusing a child and a woman over a period of time has pleaded to lesser charges. He faces up to four years in prison but is asking for a deferred judgment.
Crime & Courts Sep. 8, 2021 8:05 am1591d ago
A judge, following a bench trial in July, found an Iowa City man, who attempted to die by suicide by hitting another car in 2019, guilty of second-degree murder of a Texas man and other charges.
Crime & Courts Sep. 7, 2021 6:00 am1592d ago
A Springville man is back in jail after new arrest for theft and eluding. He has 15 pending charges now in eight different cases.
Crime & Courts Sep. 2, 2021 6:28 pm1597d ago
He was converting “fuel filters” into illegal gun silencers.
Crime & Courts Aug. 27, 2021 4:08 pm1603d ago
Order requires masks in all courthouses across the state, regardless of an individual’s vaccination status.
Crime & Courts Aug. 27, 2021 5:40 pm1603d ago
Cedar Rapids man who hid multiple drugs in a Crown Royal bag tucked in his crotch area was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison.
Crime & Courts Aug. 27, 2021 10:14 am1603d ago
A Chicago man living in Iowa City in 2019 was sentenced to over eight years in federal prison for distributing marijuana and possessing firearms.
Crime & Courts Aug. 27, 2021 8:03 am1603d ago
Eleven family members gave heart wrenching victim impact statements about their loved ones — correctional officer Robert McFarland and nurse Lorena Schulte — during sentencing for Anamosa inmate, Thomas Woodard.
Crime & Courts Aug. 26, 2021 2:49 pm1604d ago
Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, who is in Jones County District Court for the sentencing hearing of Thomas Woodard. Earlier this month, Woodard pleaded guilty on two counts of first-degree murder, and one count each of attempted murder and second-degree kidnapping for the March attacks on correctional officer Robert McFarland and prison nurse Lorena Schulte.
Crime & Courts Aug. 26, 2021 9:56 am1604d ago
Marion man sentenced to 9 months in federal prison for bilking unemployment benefits from Arizona. He withdrew some of the funds in cash and used a Bitcoin ATM to send the funds to other participants in the scheme. He also kept some for himself.
Crime & Courts Aug. 25, 2021 4:55 pm1605d ago
Judge denies increasing bail for man who is repeat domestic abuser. Prosecutor says he violated no contact order and has history of violations.
Crime & Courts Aug. 26, 2021 9:07 am1604d ago
A Shellsburg man, charged along with 10 others for a heroin/fentanyl distribution ring, will remain in jail pending trial.

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