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 Mar. 24, 2021 8:49 pm1690d ago
The U.S. Marshals Service in Iowa partnered with federal, state and local agencies to find 21 missing juveniles and return …
Crime & Courts Mar. 23, 2021 6:46 pm1691d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A jury was selected late Tuesday for a woman accused of kidnapping and beating a 15-year-old girl …
Crime & Courts Apr. 14, 2021 4:54 pm1669d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Police are investigating as a hate crime a racial slur discovered early Tuesday spray painted on a …
Crime & Courts Mar. 24, 2021 6:26 pm1690d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — What was once a quiet neighborhood where a mother didn’t have to worry about her kids riding …
Crime & Courts Mar. 18, 2021 8:41 pm1696d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Four Oaks youth counselor pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually abusing and exploiting a 14-year-old boy …
Crime & Courts Mar. 16, 2021 7:01 pm1698d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Court documents indicate a plea agreement may be reached in the federal case against a Cedar Rapids …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2022 2:51 pm1380d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former assistant with the Black Hawk and Bremer County Soil and Water Conservation District was sentenced …
Crime & Courts Mar. 12, 2021 7:32 pm1702d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge this week denied a prosecution motion to join trials for two 17-year-olds accused of killing …
Crime & Courts Mar. 12, 2021 11:36 am1702d ago
IOWA CITY – An Ely woman, who discovered her former employer secretly videotaping her pumping breast milk in 2018, told …
Crime & Courts Mar. 11, 2021 7:23 pm1703d ago
Crime bills that are a priority of Iowa prosecutors are advancing in the Iowa Legislature, with one signed into law …
Crime & Courts Mar. 10, 2021 8:58 pm1704d ago
DAVENPORT – A Georgia man was sentenced to two years in federal prison last week in connection with a scheme …
Crime & Courts Mar. 9, 2021 2:17 pm1705d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who sexually abused a child, videotaped it and unknowingly distributed still shots online …
Crime & Courts Mar. 9, 2021 6:00 am1705d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A mother told a judge Monday that she hopes her 14-year-old daughter will overcome the trauma of …
Crime & Courts Mar. 8, 2021 2:04 pm1706d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 30-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison for choking a …
Crime & Courts Apr. 16, 2021 10:26 am1667d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — A civil trial against the city and a white police officer who shot a Black man during …

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