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 Jul. 28, 2021 9:43 pm1563d ago
No verdict reached after two days of jury deliberations in Drew Blahnik trial. The Linn County jury will continue Thursday. Blahnik is accused of killing Chris Bagley in 2018.
Crime & Courts Jul. 29, 2021 8:42 am1563d ago
The Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally shooting his parents and sister last month pleaded not guilty and his trial is set for Jan. 25.
Crime & Courts Jul. 27, 2021 7:37 pm1564d ago
Jurors went home after six hours without reaching a verdict for a Cedar Rapids man who is charged with fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. They will resume deliberations Wednesday.
Crime & Courts Jul. 27, 2021 7:24 am1565d ago
The killing of Chris Bagley only took 12 minutes, prosecutor says during her closing argument in the first-degree murder trial of Drew Blahnik. Jury briefly started deliberations Monday and will continue Tuesday.
Crime & Courts Jul. 26, 2021 7:05 pm1565d ago
Carlos Hivento of Cedar Rapids, who video recorded himself sexually abusing an intoxicated woman, was convicted of 4 counts last week in Johnson County.
Crime & Courts Aug. 26, 2021 8:16 am1535d ago
Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, in court for the murder trial in Chris Bagley’s death.
Crime & Courts Jul. 25, 2021 8:01 am1567d ago
Blahnik tells different version of what happened the night he killed Chris Bagley -- in self-defense, he says.
Crime & Courts Jul. 23, 2021 3:37 pm1569d ago
Live video plus tweets from reporter Trish Mehaffey, in court for the murder trial in Chris Bagley’s death.
Crime & Courts Jul. 23, 2021 7:49 am1569d ago
Drew Blahnik finally admits to stabbing Chris Bagley in the last hour of a five-hour police interview, but repeatedly says it was in self-defense, during a video played in Linn County District Court on Thursday.
Crime & Courts Jul. 22, 2021 4:53 pm1570d ago
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Crime & Courts Jul. 22, 2021 7:43 am1570d ago
Drew Blahnik, in interview with law enforcement, denies killing Chris Bagley, or even being at the trailer where he was fatally stabbed in 2018.
Crime & Courts Jul. 21, 2021 4:39 pm1571d ago
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Crime & Courts Jul. 21, 2021 4:39 pm1571d ago
Paul Hoff, convicted for distributing meth and firearms, testified Drew Blahnik repeatedly stabbed Chris Bagley in 2018. He saw the life drain from Bagley’s body.
Crime & Courts Jul. 20, 2021 5:02 pm1572d ago
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Crime & Courts Jul. 20, 2021 12:25 pm1572d ago
A Cedar Rapids man testified Drew Blahnik, on trial for first-degree murder, killed Chris Bagley for their drug dealer’s revenge. Blahnik is on trial for first-degree murder. He has pleaded not guilty and plans to claim self-defense or defense of another during the trial.

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