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
Government & Politics Feb. 9, 2021 6:27 pm1802d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – U.S. Attorney Peter Deegan Jr. announced his retirement Tuesday after serving 23 years with the U.S. Department …
Crime & Courts Feb. 8, 2021 4:08 pm1803d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Mechanicsville man, who admitted Monday to attempting to hire someone to kill a witness in his …
Crime & Courts Feb. 8, 2021 11:04 am1803d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Jenny Perez was ‘shocked” to learn the Cedar Rapids man who caused the death of her two …
Crime & Courts Feb. 7, 2023 1:21 pm1074d ago
IOWA CITY – A judge Thursday ruled a man will be held without bond until he is extradited back to …
Crime & Courts Feb. 4, 2021 6:08 pm1807d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – An 18-year-old Cedar Rapids man, previously convicted of two carjackings at 15, pleaded to amended charges Thursday …
Government & Politics Feb. 4, 2021 7:00 pm1807d ago
DES MOINES – The state court administrator for the Iowa Judicial Branch announced his resignation Thursday after running the day-to-day …
Crime & Courts Feb. 7, 2023 1:16 pm1074d ago
MONTEZUMA – A judge decided not to take any action on last week’s arguments over subpoenas being improperly filed by …
Crime & Courts Feb. 2, 2021 4:40 pm1809d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar County man was convicted Tuesday in federal court of receiving child pornography involving a 14-year-old …
Crime & Courts Feb. 2, 2021 6:30 am1810d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The trial for a Cedar Rapids man – charged in the fatal shooting of his pregnant girlfriend …
Crime & Courts Jan. 29, 2021 6:34 pm1813d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge Friday denied lowering a $1 million bail for the 17-year-old accused of killing Malik Sheets …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2021 6:50 pm1814d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids family medicine physician has agreed to pay $100,000 to resolve allegations he prescribed opioids …
Crime & Courts Jan. 28, 2021 8:15 pm1814d ago
MONTEZUMA – Attorneys involved in the first-degree murder trial of Cristhian Bahena Rivera – accused of killing University of Iowa …
Crime & Courts Jan. 27, 2021 8:30 pm1815d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge denied lowering a $50,000 bail and even said it seemed low for a man accused …
Crime & Courts Jan. 27, 2021 8:35 pm1815d 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 pm1815d ago
Prosecutors in the murder case against the man charged with killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts are accusing the …

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