Clarinda Police Chief Keith Brothers reports his officers made arrests over the past weekend for assault and drug offenses. At around 12:25-p.m., Wednesday, October 28th,  officers in Clarinda responded to a report of an assault taking place at 417 E. Garfield Street. Upon further investigation, it was determined a resident of the home, 24-year old David Gene Gaunt, was assaulted with a blunt object. Gaunt was taken by ambulance to the Clarinda Regional Health Center and later transported by air ambulance to Nebraska Medicine for treatment of significant head trauma.

Early Saturday morning (October 31st) Police in Clarinda arrested 35-year old Eric Brandon Wise, of Clarinda, on an arrest warrant alleging Wise committed the offense of Willful Injury, a class “C” felony. Wise was arrested pursuant to a traffic stop at 12th & State. The warrant was issued subsequent to the investigation of the assault on David Gaunt. Wise was taken into custody without incident and booked into the Page County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before a magistrate.

And, Clarinda Police responded Saturday morning to a report of an individual attempting to enter vehicles in the parking lot at the Clarinda Regional Health Center. Officers arrested 52-year old Robert Clark Goff, a homeless man, for allegedly tampering with vehicles in the parking lot and for possession of a controlled substance believed to be marijuana.

Goff was taken into custody and booked into the Page County Jail, where he was being held on $1,000 bond, pending an initial appearance before a magistrate.