Trish Mehaffey
The Gazette
Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
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Ex-trooper sentenced to probation for using excessive force on motorcyclist
Former state trooper who struck compliant motorcyclist during traffic stop in 2017 was sentenced to two years of probation for using excessive force. → Read More
Iowa City’s public arts matching grants available
Applications for matching grants for art projects displayed in Iowa City are being accepted now through March 24. → Read More
Possible trial delay for Cedar Rapids man charged in Taboo Club fatal shooting
A prosecutor asked for delay in the March 28 trial for Timothy Rush, who is accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend and another man and also seriously injuring others April 10 inside the Taboo Nightclub and Lounge. Two key witnesses to the prosecution’s can’t testify later this month. → Read More
Legal experts say hate crime, murder charges likely don’t apply in fatal stabbing of Devonna Walker
A retired federal prosecutor and a Drake law professor say the fatal stabbing of Devonna Walker don’t meet requirements for a hate crime or murder because the man who stabbed Lavonna Walker was reacting to being attacked. → Read More
Judge stacks 3 life sentences for Alexander Jackson who killed parents, sister
Alexander Jackson was sentenced to 3 consecutive life sentences for killing his father, mother and sister in June 2021 in their northeast Cedar Rapids home He declined to make a statement during the Friday sentencing hearing. → Read More
Live coverage of Alexander Jackson sentencing
Alexander Jackson, convicted of killing his parents and sister in 2021, faces three life sentences. → Read More
Judge sets $1 million bail for Cedar Rapids man charged in 2007 cold case
A judge set a $1 million cash only bond for a Cedar Rapids man charged in the beating and fatal stabbing of Dennis First in 2007. → Read More
Arrest made in 2007 Cedar Rapids cold case murder
A 42-year-old Cedar Rapids man will be charged Thursday for the 2007 cold case murder of Dennis First, 64. The two men lived in Hawthorne Hills Apartments in southwest Cedar Rapids in 2007. First was beaten and fatally stabbed. → Read More
Iowa AG asks high court for review of Marion man’s overturned murder conviction
The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has asked the Iowa Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that overturned a Marion man’s second-degree murder conviction for fatally stabbing Chris Bagley in 2018. → Read More
Cedar Rapids man charged with bashing brother in head with cigarette roller
A Cedar Rapids man faces charges he bashed his brother in the head with a cigarette roller after the other brother stabbed him with a box cutter. One brother’s injuries left a blood trail outside the Linn County Courthouse and Jail. → Read More
Cedar Rapids teen pleads to fatally stabbing his parents in 2021
Ethan Orton pleaded to two charges of first-degree murder, just before his trial was to start Tuesday. He admitted to stabbing parents with a knife and then grabbing an ax and killing his mother who was still alive in 2021. He faces two life sentences. → Read More
Trial reset for one Fairfield teen accused of killing Spanish teacher
Trial is reset to April for one Fairfield teen accused of beating their Spanish teacher with a baseball bat in 2021. The trial is expected to last 10 days. → Read More
Prosecutor will use Chicago man’s comments to deputy to recommend more prison time
A prosecutor plans to ask a judge to stack sentences for a Chicago man who made nasty comments to a deputy after he was convicted. If the sentences are stacked for Stanley Donahue, he faces 107 years in prison for robbing a Casey’s and shooting the deputy. → Read More
Marengo man sentenced to 15 years for causing deadly crash in 2020
A Marengo man pleaded to lesser charges and was sentenced to 15 years for a fatal crash in 2020. He was intoxicated and crossed the centerline on Highway 151 in Walford, striking a vehicle driven by Erik Halvorson, 32, of Cedar Rapids. → Read More
Marion man faces up to 50 years for killing girlfriend in 2017
A Marion man was convicted for a second time for killing his girlfriend and concealing her body in a roll of carpet. Greg Davis waived a jury trial and a judge found him guilty of a lesser charge, second-degree murder. → Read More
Coe grant brings students, prison inmates together to learn from each other
New program brings students in Coe’s social and criminal justice program and incarcerated students together to learn from each other. → Read More
Chicago man faces up to 107 years for robbery, shooting deputy in 2021
Stanley Donahue was convicted on all 10 charges for robbing a Casey’s in June 2021 and shooting and seriously injuring a Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy William Halverson. Donahue laughed when the guilty verdicts were read and told Halverson, as he left court, “It should of been worse than it was.” → Read More
Live coverage of Donahue trial
Defendant Stanley L. Donahue, 38, listens to testimony from Linn County Sheriff's Dep. William Halverson on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, at the Linn County District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Donahue, is accused of robbing a Casey's in Coggon June 20, 2021, and faces multiple charges, including attempted murder of a peace officer and two counts of first-degree robbery.(Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)… → Read More
Prosecutor says Donahue ‘caught red-handed’ in robbery, deputy shooting
Prosecutor said there’s no doubt Stanley Donahue was the man who robbed the Casey’s in Coggon June 20, 2021, and shot the deputy seven times. Defense argued there is reasonable doubt, and repeatedly said Donahue’s brother could be a suspect. → Read More
Donahue live coverage: Closing arguments
Follow Gazette Reporter Trish Mehaffey’s live coverage from the courtroom → Read More