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 Aug. 25, 2021 7:53 am1605d ago
Marion man sentenced Tuesday to up to 25 years in prison for shooting a man last January, along with drug, gun and burglary charges.
Crime & Courts Aug. 26, 2021 3:23 pm1604d ago
Trial for Cedar Rapids man accused of fatally beating his 71-year-old mother has been reset again to March 1.
Community Aug. 24, 2021 8:00 am1606d ago
Two Cedar County farmers, who live just outside West Branch, recently were named 2021 Iowa Conservation Farmers of the Year.
Crime & Courts Aug. 23, 2021 10:09 am1607d ago
Linn County sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash about 5:54 a.m. March 7, 2020, in Walford, according to a criminal complaint. A Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by Edwin Arenivas, 22, of Marengo, crossed the centerline and struck John Erik Halvorson’s vehicle head-on, the complaint shows.
Crime & Courts Aug. 22, 2021 9:26 am1608d ago
Cedar Rapids man who sexually abused toddler receives probation and deferred judgment. He also will be on sex offender registry and serve special sentence of parole for life.
Crime & Courts Aug. 22, 2021 8:43 am1608d ago
A Sheffield man who was the “enforcer” for the northern Iowa chapter of the Sons of Silence was sentenced to 10 months for being a felon in possession of firearm.
Crime & Courts Aug. 20, 2021 5:31 pm1610d ago
Police responded to multiple calls of shot fired in the 1500 block of C Avenue early Friday. One person received a gunshot wound but refused treatment. No arrests made.
Crime & Courts Aug. 19, 2021 5:20 pm1611d ago
An Iowa City man was charged with child porn following FBI breaking through the side of his house with a tactical vehicle on Wednesday.
Crime & Courts Aug. 17, 2021 5:24 pm1613d ago
Judge denies appeal for landlord, Charles Davisson, on the four properties he couldn’t rent for six months because of nuisance issues. Two of those are no longer rentals, one was rented after suspension and one can’t be rented until over $2,000 in fees are paid.
Crime & Courts Aug. 17, 2021 3:29 pm1613d ago
Bryan Bolling, charged with nine counts of sexual abuse, pleaded guilty to two counts and faces up to 20 years in prison. He sexually abused a girl who was 12 or 13 years old at the time.
Crime & Courts Aug. 29, 2021 9:41 am1601d ago
Cedar Rapids man, who fired multiple shots into a Westdale Court apartment, hitting one man, pleaded to lesser charges and faces up to 17 years in prison.
Crime & Courts Aug. 16, 2021 10:29 am1614d ago
A former Cedar Rapids nurse is accused of stealing opioids from hospitals and oxycodone from an assisted living patient. She will be arraigned on charges next week in federal court.
Crime & Courts Aug. 15, 2021 8:44 am1615d ago
Judge says he’ll likely allow Drew Blahnik, convicted of killing Chris Bagley, to change his name to Johnny Blahnik Church until after Blahnik is sentenced Oct. 12 in the fatal stabbing of Bagley in December 2018. Blahnik wants the name change to further his acting career, even though he faces up to 54 years in prison.
Crime & Courts Aug. 13, 2021 11:48 am1617d ago
Penny Galvin has led the Survivors’ Program, which helps families and friends who have lost loved ones to homicides and vehicular homicides, since 2009.
Crime & Courts Aug. 12, 2021 9:36 pm1618d ago
Howard T. Cones was sleeping under a picnic table in Poets Park when police dog, Ace, attacked him, leaving deep lacerations on his elbow.

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