An investigation into the distribution of narcotics in Montgomery County resulted in the arrest Tuesday afternoon, of three people from Red Oak. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 37-year-old Jessica Lynn Boyce and 41-year-old Brooke Rena Scott face charges that include three felony counts each, of delivery of methamphetamine. 51-year-old Jean Marie Noyes was charged two separate felony counts including delivery of methamphetamine, as well as possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver.

All three women were being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail.

(Radio Iowa) – Secretary of State Paul Pate says his survey of county auditors indicates voter turn-out today (Tuesday) is pretty strong — and he says there’s no doubt Iowa will set a significant record for voter participation this year after the massive number of early ballots that were cast. “Most certainly with over 996,970 absentee ballots in as of yesterday — clearly we’ll be over a million on that side alone and then you haven’t seen a dip today as far as the turnout,” Pate says.

“Usually you have highs and lows. Early in the morning — a lot of voters, then it kind of dips and then you come back up for lunch, but it’s stayed consistent.” Pate says some of the best news he’s gotten today is that election officials in Iowa’s largest counties were able to tabulate all the absentee ballots that were delivered to the county auditors’ offices by the close of business Monday.

“Of course they have new ones that might be straggling in, but the big one, the big lift is pretty much all done in Scott County and Polk County,” Pate says. “And a lot of the other smaller counties have all reported all of theirs are counted as well.” None of those results will be announced until after the polls close at 9 p.m., but Pate says getting a million absentee ballots tabulated allays fears about delayed results.

“It takes away some of that concern people had about: ‘Will we have the results tonight?’ Well, clearly we will,” Pate says. “When you have the biggest counties that have already tabulated theirs, it’s a pretty good sign because in smaller counties, their lift is a little easier to attain and so I’m pretty confident they’ll all have their tallies done, so before 10 o’clock tonight, we’ll have those preliminary results.”

In 2012, one-million-589-thousand ballots were cast in the state, which is the current and, according to Pate, about to be broken voter turn-out record.

Officials with the Atlantic Police Department, Tuesday, issued a report on arrests that took pla0ce or citations that were issued, from Oct. 23rd to Nov. 2nd. Most recently, on November 2^nd, 33-year old Tanya Duranceau, of Atlantic, was cited for Disorderly Conduct. And, on Sunday, 37-year old Zachary Frank, of Atlantic, was arrested for Domestic Abuse Assault 1^st Offense and Obstruction of Communications.

Those arrested in late October included:

• On the 29th, 47-year old Christopher Siedlik, of Atlantic, for Domestic Abuse Assault 1^st Offense.
• On the 26th, 23-year old Jeremy Thimsen, of Atlantic, was arrested on a warrant out of Nebraska.
• On Oct. 24th, Atlantic Police arrested 19-year old Rachael Stanley, of Atlantic, on Cass County warrants for three counts of Failure to Appear on a charge of Theft in the 3rd Degree. Stanley was also charged with Violation of a No Contact Order;  Also arrested Oct. 24th, was 32-year old James Erickson, of Atlantic. He was wanted on Cass County warrants for Failure to Appear for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) and Domestic Abuse Assault. In addition to the warrants, Erickson was charged with Interference with Official Acts and Violation of a No Contact Order.
• On Oct. 23rd, 37-year old Crystal Namanny, of Atlantic, was arrested on Cass County warrants for Aggravated Assault and Theft in the 3^rd.
• And, on Oct. 20th, Atlantic Police arrested 42-year old Gregory Blunk, of Atlantic, on Cass County warrants for Simple Assault. Blunk was also charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine) 1^st Offense.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Election officials were reporting plenty of in-person voting Tuesday even after receiving record numbers of early votes. Lines stretched down the block at the Epworth United Methodist Church in Council Bluffs, where voters were waiting up to two hours to cast ballots. Nearly a million people cast absentee ballots before Election Day, and it’s likely that more than half of the votes cast will have come before Tuesday.

Early voting has been gaining in popularity for years, and the movement was turbocharged this year by concerns about voting at polling places at a time when coronavirus cases continue to increase.

A traffic stop Monday night in Adair County escalated into a pursuit and the eventual arrest of a man from New York. According to the Adair County Sheriff’s Office, the incident began at around 9:12-p.m., when an Adair County Sheriff’s Deputy executed a traffic stop west of Greenfield on a New York plated vehicle for traveling 103 mph in a 55 mph zone. After initially stopping and speaking with the Deputy for approximately seven minutes, the driver fled the traffic stop in his vehicle and a high speed pursuit ensued.

Brooklyn King booking photo (Adair County S/O)

The pursuit entered the Greenfield City limits for a brief time before the suspect driver fled northbound out of Greenfield on a gravel road. The pursuit ended after the suspect left the roadway and crashed his vehicle approximately five (5) miles north of Greenfield. The suspect fled on foot through a field and continued to resist arrest before being taken into custody after a deputy deployed his issued Taser.

The suspect driver was identified as 19 year-old Brooklyn Leon King of Jamestown, New York. King was charged with: Eluding; Interference with Official Acts; Failure to Maintain Control; Reckless driving; nine (9) counts of failure to obey a stop sign; and speeding, 103 in a 55.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the Greenfield Police Department, the Iowa State Patrol and the Adair County Ambulance. It should be noted that a criminal charge is merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.