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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 Jan. 27, 2021 8:35 pm1746d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man charged in a 2011 fatal robbery of a cabdriver is appealing a federal …
Crime & Courts Jan. 27, 2021 7:16 pm1746d ago
Prosecutors in the murder case against the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts are accusing the …
Government & Politics Jan. 25, 2021 2:36 pm1748d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Court of Appeals has elected Judge Thomas Bower as chief judge for a second two-year …
Crime & Courts Jan. 25, 2021 2:53 pm1748d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge rules Monday to delay the trial for a man accused of killing Chris Bagley in …
Crime & Courts Jan. 22, 2021 8:14 pm1751d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The man accused of killing Chris Bagley in 2018 is asking a judge to delay his first-degree …
Crime & Courts Jan. 21, 2021 2:38 pm1752d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Convicted killer Jerry Burns, who fatally stabbed 18-year-old Michelle Martinko in 1979, has hired a Chicago-area lawyer …
Crime & Courts Jan. 20, 2021 6:38 pm1753d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 14-year-old Ely boy pleaded guilty to lesser charge in adult court Wednesday in an armed robbery …
Crime & Courts Jan. 19, 2021 11:58 pm1754d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man facing charges in the violent attack two weeks ago on the U.S. Capitol …
Government & Politics Jan. 18, 2021 6:12 pm1755d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who said he ‘wanted to see what was going on” as he took …
Crime & Courts Jan. 18, 2021 6:30 am1755d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man who is a former Florida sheriff’s deputy being sued by the family of …
Crime & Courts Jan. 15, 2021 7:05 pm1758d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Marion man whose first-degree murder conviction was overturned last year may not be retried for his …
Government & Politics Jan. 18, 2021 10:39 am1755d ago
The Iowa Judicial Branch has proposed a bill to include non-financial information from Iowans’ tax filings as an additional source …
Crime & Courts Jan. 13, 2021 2:45 pm1760d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Belle Plaine police officer was convicted this week in federal court for accessing child pornography. …
Crime & Courts Jan. 12, 2021 6:53 pm1761d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge Tuesday denied the defense’s request to lower a more than $1 million bail for a …
Crime & Courts Feb. 11, 2022 2:02 pm1366d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – He didn’t think there ever was a good time to walk away after nearly 37 years of …

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