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 Nov. 10, 2020 5:02 pm1824d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A former Cedar Rapids and Anamosa podiatrist pleaded guilty and was sentenced last week to probation and …
Crime & Courts Nov. 6, 2020 7:54 pm1828d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, who has a tattoo of an extremist group tied to white nationalism, was …
Crime & Courts Nov. 6, 2020 7:32 pm1828d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal jury this week convicted a Fairfax man of selling pounds of methamphetamine from his home …
Crime & Courts Nov. 4, 2020 5:57 pm1830d ago
DES MOINES – The Iowa Court of Appeals Wednesday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a Mount Pleasant man, convicted …
Crime & Courts Nov. 3, 2020 5:21 pm1831d ago
IOWA CITY – An Iowa City architect pleaded guilty Tuesday to nine of the 22 counts he faced for secretly …
Crime & Courts Nov. 3, 2020 1:37 pm1831d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Central City man was sentenced Monday to more than 16 years in federal prison for distributing …
Crime & Courts Nov. 2, 2020 6:04 pm1832d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A federal judge Monday delayed the trial of an Ely man, accused of robbing and killing a …
Crime & Courts Oct. 30, 2020 8:23 pm1835d ago
DAVENPORT – A 20-year-old Cedar Rapids man was indicted this week by a federal grand jury for possessing and brandishing …
Crime & Courts Oct. 30, 2020 7:03 pm1835d ago
IOWA CITY – The trial for an Iowa City architect accused of secretly videotaping an employee pumping breast milk will …
Crime & Courts Oct. 29, 2020 2:20 pm1836d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A judge denied a request to lower a $1 million bail for a 17-year-old accused of killing …
Government & Politics Oct. 29, 2020 7:50 am1836d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The Linn County Courthouse has added another safety measure to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus by …
Crime & Courts Oct. 26, 2020 9:17 pm1839d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The man accused of fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018 will be tried in Linn County because …
Crime & Courts Oct. 29, 2020 11:20 am1836d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man from Arizona was indicted for vaping THC-marijuana concentrate – on a 2018 flight from Arizona …
Crime & Courts Oct. 23, 2020 8:46 pm1842d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man, convicted this month on charges involving a high-speed chase in a stolen car, …
Crime & Courts Oct. 23, 2020 8:43 am1842d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Early on Nov. 1, 2016, Cedar Rapids police Officer Lucas Jones, who is white, stopped Jerime Mitchell, …

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