Trish Mehaffey

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Trish Mehaffey

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A Marion man who witnesses say was driving at high rate of speed Feb. 26 before intentionally crashing into a vehicle — injuring that driver and prematurely ending her pregnancy — had just been at the Cedar Rapids Police Department talking with an investigator before the crash, records show.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Trish Mehaffey

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A judge Friday sentenced a Cedar Rapids man, who was intoxicated when he drove off an embankment and crashed into a motorcyclist on Interstate 380, killing him, to 30 years in prison.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Trish Mehaffey

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Around 70 lawyers, judges and some community members showed up Thursday to support judicial independence, the U.S. and Iowa constitutions and the rule of law during National Law Day of Action on the steps of the Linn County Courthouse. The lawyers also reaffirmed their Iowa Lawyer’s Oath, a pledge they take after passing the bar exam and starting to practice law.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Trish Mehaffey

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A Marion man who was identified as a suspect by a sinister clown tattoo on his leg pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday for a lesser charge in the armed robbery of a convenience store last May. Jamey Lee Heil, 33, originally charged with first-degree robbery, made an Alford plea to second-degree robbery.

1 week ago | thegazette.com | Trish Mehaffey

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — A Gladbrook man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison last week for receiving child pornography, which included images of infants or toddlers. John Thomas Carstensen, 50, pleaded last year to one count of receiving child pornography after admitting in a plea agreement that he had been convicted in Tama County District Court in 1993 for sexual exploitation of a minor.