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. 5, 2021 7:30 am1709d ago
Both chambers of the Iowa Legislature recently passed a bill backed by the Iowa Department of Corrections to clarify who …
Crime & Courts Mar. 3, 2021 7:29 pm1711d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge reset sentencing for a Cedar Rapids man convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of …
Crime & Courts Feb. 25, 2021 9:05 pm1717d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Burlington man was charged this week with operating a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking ring – with two …
Crime & Courts Mar. 17, 2021 1:56 pm1697d ago
Two Coralville men were sentenced this week – one to more than 18 years and the other to 21 years …
Crime & Courts Feb. 23, 2021 4:53 pm1719d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 21-year-old man who fatally shot a man and dumped his body in an alley in 2017 …
Crime & Courts Feb. 22, 2021 11:24 am1720d ago
CHICAGO – Former U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr., who retired last week from the U.S. Department of Justice after 23 …
Crime & Courts Feb. 21, 2021 7:42 am1721d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Authorities are investigating an early morning incident at the Rodeway Inn where one woman was killed, another …
Crime & Courts Feb. 19, 2021 5:04 pm1723d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An owner of two Hiawatha vaping and tattoo shops, who unintentionally alerted authorities to his firearm and …
Crime & Courts Feb. 19, 2021 6:44 pm1723d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man whose first-degree murder conviction was overturned last year will be retried Nov. 2 for …
Government & Politics Feb. 19, 2021 5:42 pm1723d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday amended procedural rules that prevent lawyers from keeping people with felony …
Crime & Courts Feb. 18, 2021 5:52 pm1724d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Four Oaks youth counselor filed a written plea Thursday to sexually abusing and exploiting a …
News Feb. 18, 2021 9:39 am1724d ago
Court papers filed in Washington, D.C., reveal more about the Cedar Rapids man facing federal charges in connection with last …
Government & Politics Feb. 17, 2021 6:30 am1725d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man found out the hard way why it was not such a great idea …
Crime & Courts Feb. 16, 2021 4:53 pm1726d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Dubuque woman was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last week for sexual exploitation of …
Community Feb. 15, 2021 11:12 am1727d ago
LISBON – Sadie, a German shepherd, was taken in from a Missouri shelter by Fur Fun Rescue in November because …

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