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(Update) Jasper County man injured during I-80 rollover near Shelby

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(In an update to our earlier report) The Iowa State Patrol says a man from central Iowa was injured during a rollover accident Thursday night on Interstate 80, near Shelby. 23-year old Antonio Gonzalez, of Monroe, was driving a 1998 Ford Ranger pickup westbound on I-80 near the 33.55-mile marker at around 6:55-p.m., when the right rear tire separated from the wheel. The pickup went out of control and rolled into the median and continued to roll into the eastbound lanes of I-80 before coming to rest in both lanes on the eastbound side.

Gonzalez, who was wearing his seat belt, reportedly suffered from head injuries, but was out of the vehicle when emergency crews arrived. He was transported by Shelby Rescue to Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs. The pickup was totaled in the crash.

(Podcast) KJAN 8-a.m. News, 10/28/2016

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

More area and State news from KJAN News Director Ric Hanson.

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Union County man arrested on warrants in Creston

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Creston Police Department reports a Union County man was arrested Thursday afternoon in Creston, on two Union County warrants for Failure to Serve Jail time, on original charges of Theft in the 5th Degree, Driving While Barred, and on a new charge of Theft in the 4th Degree. 29-year old Andrew Clark Moffitt, of Murray, was arrested at around 5-p.m. Thursday in the 800 block of W. Taylor Street, in Creston.

Moffitt was brought to the Union County Jail and held on $1,000 bond in association with his latest charge, and to serve the remainder of his sentence as called for in the warrants.

Escape reported from Waterloo WRF

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

A man serving a 25-year sentence out of Black Hawk County for 1st degree burglary and possession of a firearm, was reported as escaped Thursday, after he failed to return from a work release facility. 25-year old Armando Adame III was transferred to the Waterloo Work Release Facility in June, under authority of the Iowa Board of Parole.

Adame is a white male, 6-feet tall, with black hair, brown eyes and tattoos on his back, left and right calves, chest, left hand and left wrist.

Armando Adame

Armando Adame

He also has scars on his back, left forearm, right hand, neck, left and right shoulders. The man weighs about 177-pounds. (You can see a picture of him under this same story on the News page at kjan.com)

If you know of his location call the Waterloo Police Department, Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office, or your local law enforcement agency.

(Podcast) KJAN Morning News & funeral report, 10/28/2016

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson

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Police look for suspects in connection to car crash in house

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) – Authorities say they’re looking for two suspects in connection to a stolen car that reportedly crashed into a house in Sioux City. The Sioux City Police Department says it received a report Thursday night of a vehicle that damaged the side of a house.

Michael Vogt tells Sioux City television station KTIV he reported the car stolen earlier in the day. He later told police he spotted the car in use on the street while he was driving another vehicle. Vogt says he chased it. Vogt told police he saw a man and woman jump out of the stolen car before it hit the house. He says the suspects ran away on foot.

Arrest Made in June Fort Madison Bank Robbery

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Iowa Dept. of Public Safety report one person has been arrested in connection with the June 29th, 2016 robbery of a bank in Fort Madison. 56-year old Kenneth Lee Lilly, of Fort Madison, was arrested on charges that include Aiding and Abetting, and Robbery in the 1st Degree, which is a felony punishably by up to 25-years in prison. Lilly was taken into custody following an investigation into the robbery of the Fort Madison Bank and Trust.

The investigation was conducted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety’s (DPS) Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Iowa State Patrol (ISP), Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Department of Natural Resource and the Lee County Attorney’s Office.

3 from TX injured in central IA crash

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Three people from Texas were injured during a collision early this (Friday) morning, in central Iowa’s Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol says a 2017 Toyota RAV 4 driven by a man from Des Moines, struck a deer on southbound Interstate 35, and was disabled in the left lane. A 2014 Nissan Versa, driven by 47-year old Gerardo Lara, of Amarillo, TX, struck the Toyota in the rear.

Lara, and his passengers, Michael Huelster, of Amarillo, and Juan Solis, of Roscoe, TX, were injured and transported by Norwalk EMS to Methodist Hospital. The accident happened at around 1-a.m., today (Friday).

1 dead, 2 injured in northern IA crash

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

The Iowa State Patrol reports one person died and two others were injured during a crash Thursday night in northern Iowa’s Butler County. A 2000 Ford F-150 pickup was traveling east on County Road C-33, about a mile east of Willow Avenue, when the vehicle drifted off the road and into the south ditch, where it struck a box culvert.

The driver of the pickup, 44-year old Matthew DeWitt, of Shell Rock, and a passenger, 28-year old Andrew Baker, of Waverly, were injured. Baker was not wearing a seat belt. Both were transported by ambulance to the hospital in Waverly. A second passenger, 41-year old Jeffrey DeWitt, of Shell Rock, who was wearing a seat belt, died at the hospital.

 

The accident, which happened at around 7:06-p.m., Thursday, remains under investigation.

Red Oak woman arrested Thursday evening on ID Theft warrant

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October 28th, 2016 by Ric Hanson

Police in Red Oak, Thursday evening, arrested 31-year old Colbie Jo Sue Fike, of Red Oak. Fike was taken into custody at around 6:50-p.m. for Driving While Suspended, (a simple misdemeanor) and on a valid Red Oak P-D warrant for ID Theft (an aggravated misdemeanor). She was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $2,000 cash bond.