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Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report, 8/30/21

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August 31st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Council Bluffs, Iowa) The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Monday, said a man from Council Bluffs was arrested a little after 7-a.m. Friday, on Indecent Exposure and other charges. A Deputy observed 58-year-old Randy Joe Wilcox was completely nude when he riding his bicycle eastbound over the Avenue G bridge. When the deputy attempted to stop Wilcox, he turned around on his bike and attempted to flee back over the bridge westbound. The Deputy eventually caught up to the man. During the stop, items of drug paraphernalia and methamphetamine were found on Wilcox’ person. He was charged with Indecent Exposure, Interference with Official Acts, Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

The Sheriff’s Office reports also:

  • 33-year-old James Perry Watkins was arrested after Deputies were called to the 100 block of 3rd Street in Neola on August 29th for a check welfare. Dispatch advised that a female had been assaulted by her boyfriend. Watkins was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault – Strangulation and Child Endangerment.
  • 40-year-old Angela Michelle Marsh was arrested after Deputies were called to the 200 block of Dye Street in Carson on August 28th for a disturbance. Marsh was charged with Assault Causing Bodily Injury or Mental Illness.
  • 22-year-old Allee Rose Hart was arrested following a traffic stop at North 8th Street and Kanesville Boulevard on August 29th for Possession of a Controlled Substance (Marijuana) 1st Offense.
  • 50-year-old Timothy Jess Paulson Abboud was arrested on August 25th for Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense and Carrying Weapons.
  • 28-year-old Kenneth Lewis Pippin was arrested at Highway 59 and Highway 92 on August 26th for Operating While Intoxicated 1st Offense and Driving While License Denied, Suspended, Canceled or Revoked.
  • 43-year-old Scott Wayne Casson was arrested on August 28th for Operating Under the Influence 3rd or Subsequent Offense and Driving While License Denied, Suspended, Canceled or Revoked.
  • 33-year-old Cory Robert Kyle was arrested following a traffic stop on August 27th for Driving While Barred.
  • 44-year-old Timothy Shane Peffer was arrested on August 28th for Driving While Barred.
  • 27-year-old Dalton Gaston, of Omaha, was arrested following a traffic stop on August 28th on a fugitive warrant out of Nebraska.
  • 51-year-old Steven Craig Pleas, of Council Bluffs, was charged on August 25th with Criminal Mischief 2nd after he broke several sprinkler heads at the jail.
  • and, 26-year-old Alberto Eduardo Elquezabal turned himself in on August 26th on a warrant for Violation of Probation.

Montgomery County Sheriff’s & Red Oak Police reports, 8/30/21

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August 31st, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports a man and a woman were arrested on separate valid warrants for probation violation, Monday.  27-year-old, Clara Jane Heitshusen, of Farragut, and 28-year-old, Ozzy Ray Hunter, of Red Oak, were booked into Montgomery County Corrections and held on $10,000 cash bond, each.

And, Red Oak Police, Monday, arrested 48-year-old Tiffany Lea Palmer, of Red Oak, and a charge of Harassment in the 3rd Degree. Palmer was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $300 bond.

Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to Prison for Firearm Offense

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — A man from Council Bluffs was sentenced Friday to spend 6.5 years in prison for being a Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm. 26-year-old John Allen Lindeman, Jr., who was sentenced in Council Bluffs U-S District Court, will serve three-years of supervised release after completing his term of imprisonment.

On November 19, 2020, Lindeman eluded law enforcement by driving back and forth between Nebraska and Iowa. Deputies with the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office eventually spotted Lindeman’s vehicle in a parking lot in Council Bluffs. Lindeman refused to exit his vehicle and instead reversed his car at a high rate of speed. He continued to resist until law enforcement was able to arrest him. Lindeman was found in possession of a pistol at the time of his arrest.

According to court documents, Lindeman pleaded guilty to Prohibited Person in Possession of a Firearm in April of 2021.
Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Council Bluffs Police Department, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case.

Update: Student death on Simpson College campus

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Indianola, Iowa/KCCI) – Officials with Simpson College released new details Monday on the death of a student. College officials said Blaine Schumacher died by apparent suicide on campus. The college said officials learned of the Schumacher’s death on Sunday, but the time of his death remains unclear. Indianola police said Schumacher was 22.

According to Simpson, Schumacher was a senior studying neuroscience and was also a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. The college said his death is not linked to campus events.

“We are devastated to learn of the death of one of our own,” Simpson College President Marsha Kelliher said in a statement. “During this difficult time, our priority is to care for each other. Our thoughts and prayers are with Blaine’s family, loved ones and the entire Simpson College community.”

Religious life community and counseling services are available for anyone on campus.

With end of federal eviction moratorium, homelessness likely to rise in Iowa

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Housing experts are concerned Iowa could see a rise in people experiencing homelessness now that the federal eviction moratorium has ended. J’Nae Peterman is the director of housing services for Waypoint Services and part of her job is running the statewide hotline for housing resources. She says it averages about 550 calls per day from people in housing crises.

“I foresee that only increasing now that people begin to receive their notices,” Peterman says. “Also shelters are already at capacity and have been beyond capacity since the time of COVID.” Peterman says the state’s homeless programs are also at capacity and don’t have the resources to help the expected influx of people seeking assistance. A group of homeless intake specialists co-signed a letter to Governor Kim Reynolds this month, asking her to uphold an eviction moratorium in Iowa. Bernadette Beck is an intake specialist program manager with the Polk County Continuum of Care. She’s concerned without a moratorium, more people will lose their housing, especially since the pandemic complicated people’s finances.

“We’re going to see more people entering our system,” Beck says, “and the homeless crisis response system across the state of Iowa already has extensive waiting lists.” Beck says the state doesn’t have the capacity to absorb the number of people who may be affected by the end of the moratorium. There are more than 15-hundred families currently on a wait list for housing.

(By Kassidy Arena, Iowa Public Radio)

Iowa notified feds investigating ban on mask mandates in schools

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Office for Civil Rights in the U-S Department of Education has opened an investigation into Iowa’s ban on mask mandates in schools. The federal agency has sent notices to Iowa and four other states that forbid schools from requiring students and staff wear face coverings. According to a news release, the investigation will explore whether students with disabilities who are at heightened risk for severe illness from Covid-19 are prevented from safely attending school in-person.

The U-S Secretary of Education says the department is hearing from parents of students with disabities and he says it’s unacceptable that state leaders are putting politics over the health and education of those students. The agency says schools have a legal obligation not to discriminate against students with disabilities.

On Saturday, the crowd at a Republican rally in eastern Iowa cheered Reynolds for signing the law that prevents local school officials from requiring that students and staff wear face coverings.

Reynolds made her remarks at Republican Congresswoman Ashley Hinson’s fundraiser in Central City. In a statement released this (Monday) afternoon, Reynolds says she trusts Iowans to make their own health care decisions and she’s accusing President Biden and his team of picking a political fight with a handful of governors to distract from his own failures.

Mollie Tibbett’s mother provides statement at Bahena-Rivera’s sentencing

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A statement from Mollie Tibbetts’ mother Laura Calderwood was read in court today (Monday) before the sentencing of Cristhian Bahena-Rivera — who was found guilty of first-degree murder in Mollie’s 2018 death. Sarah harms from the prosecutor’s office read Calderwood’s statement during the proceedings carried on Court TV.

The 20-year-old Tibbetts disappeared in August of 2018 and Rivera was arrested and led police to her body in a Poweshiek County cornfield. Calderwood outlined her statement the day the sheriff showed up with tears in his eyes to let her know they had found Mollie’s body. Calderwood said it shattered her world, and then she described in the statement how her mother had always faithfully believed Mollie would be found alive, and how she told her news.

Judy Calderwood’s unwavering faith had been brutally shattered by your senseless act of violence.” Harms wrapped up the statement as Calderwood described how the killing impacted their lives.

The judge then read the mandatory sentence for the first-degree murder conviction.

Bahena-Rivera sat in handcuffs and a striped jail jumpsuit and listened without showing any emotion during the proceeding. He declined his opportunity to make a statement, and has 30 days to appeal his sentence.

Multiple vehicle burglaries reported in Stuart & the area

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Officials with the Stuart Police Department said Monday, 14 vehicles were burglarized in Stuart Saturday night into early Sunday morning.  Authorities say the vehicles were at multiple locations throughout the City of Stuart. In all, three of the victims reported missing items and the rest reported their vehicles were rummaged through but did not appear to have anything missing. It is believed that each of the vehicles were unlocked at the time of the burglaries. On the same night vehicle burglaries were also reported in the communities of Guthrie Center, Panora and Jefferson. It’s believed the cases are connected.
Yesterday (Sunday), Stuart Police officers recovered one item that had been reported stolen from a vehicle the previous night. Video evidence was also obtained at two separate locations showing the suspects. The Stuart Police Department is continuing to review video evidence from local businesses and residences. A group of possible suspects has been identified and an ongoing investigation involving several law enforcement agencies in Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, and Polk Counties is ongoing.
As a friendly reminder, authorities ask you to “please remove valuables from your vehicle, park in well lit areas, keep your doors locked, and consider getting video cameras installed on your houses. Most vehicle burglaries occur on un-locked vehicles and one of the best ways to deter vehicle burglaries is to keep vehicles locked and free of valuables. These crimes are often “Crimes of Opportunity” and suspects usually won’t risk the time and noise of forcibly breaking into vehicles.”
Stuart Police said also, this is an ongoing investigation, and they will update the community as information becomes available to share.

Adair County Sheriff’s report, 8/30/21

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(12-p.m.; Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports several arrests from the past week. At around 1-a.m., Saturday, 59-year-old Joel Bolton Miller, of Kent, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop for speeding on Highway 25. Miller was cited and later released. Friday afternoon, an Iowa State Patrol Trooper initiated a traffic stop on I-80 in Adair County, that resulted in the arrest of 42-year-old Jason Michael Aloi, of Green Bay,WI.  He was pulled over after witnesses stated he was passing on the median side shoulder of I-80, and then struck a semi tractor-trailer that was in the left lane, causing it to make contact with another tractor-trailer in the right lane. Aloi’s Chrysler van became disabled in the median. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Aloi was in possession of small containers of a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana. They also found pipes with the same substance. Aloi was transported to the Adair County Jail and charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense, Poss. of drug paraphernalia, Reckless Driving and Overtaking and passing. He was released the following night on a $1,000 cash/surety bond.

Late Thursday night, 27-year-old Dalton Clifton Duffield, of Orient, was arrested following a traffic stop for speeding, in Adair County. While he was being detained, he managed to break-off a partition in the Deputy’s vehicle. Duffield was charged with Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree. While at the Adair County Jail, he allegedly ripped a wooden plank off the bench in his cell. Duffield was subsequently charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree. He was released the following afternoon, on a $300 cash bond. At around 9:50-p.m., Thursday, 27-year-old Andrew Thomas Palmer, of Creston, was arrested in the 3300 block of Henry A. Wallace Road, for Driving While License Denied or Revoked for OWI test refusal. He was cited and released from the scene. Palmer was also issued written warnings for speeding and no proof of insurance.

The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports 42-year-old Shane Robert Seagler, of Massena, was arrested Aug. 26th, on an Adair County warrant for Failure to Appear on original charges of Poss. of a Controlled Substance/Meth – 1st offense, and Poss. of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense. His cash-only bond was set at $300. On the 24th, 27-year-old Anthoney Howard Diamonde Grefsheim, of Des Moines, was arrested on an Adair County warrant for Violation of Probation on an original charge of Lascivious Acts with a Child. He remains in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 cash/surety bond.

37-year-old Erich Sean Johnson, of Casey, was arrested Aug. 24th, on an Adair County warrant for Failure to Appear. His bond was set at $200 cash or surety. 48-year-old Ryan Lee Cumming, of Des Moines, was arrested Aug. 23rd, for Driving While Barred. He was released later that day on a $2,000 cash or surety bond. And, 32-year-old Matthew Shawn Clark, of Greenfield, was arrested Aug. 23rd, for Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana -3rd or subsequent offense. Clark was cited and released.

Three Men Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Marijuana Conspiracy

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August 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA – The U-S Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Iowa reports three men, two from Texas, and one from Washington State, were sentenced Friday, August 27, 2021, to 120 months in prison. The sentences were handed-down in Council Bluffs U-S District Court. Hieu Minh Le was sentenced to 120 months for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana and was found to be an organizer or leader of the conspiracy. Tu Anh Nguyen and Sanh Binh Tran were both sentenced to 60 months for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana and Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana and 60 months to be served consecutively for Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking. According to court documents, Le, Nguyen, and Tran were found guilty by a jury on April 1, 2021. Their prison terms will be followed by four years of supervised release.

An Iowa State Patrol Trooper stopped Nguyen and Tran, who were driving a truck and trailer registered in Washington, on December 21, 2018, to perform a Commercial Motor Vehicle regulatory inspection. The trooper noticed numerous irregularities with the commercial motor vehicle paperwork, safety equipment, and lack of conformity with commercial motor vehicle
industry standards. The trooper also detected an odor of bleach in the trailer and the load was not properly secured. A Council Bluffs Police canine officer and police service dog arrived for a free air sniff. An Iowa Department of Transportation sergeant also assisted with the commercial motor vehicle inspection. The police service dog alerted and indicated to the odor of illegal drugs and the truck and trailer were searched. The officers located 470 pounds of marijuana, numerous boxes containing cartridges of THC oil, and a firearm.