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Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s report (arrests/incidents from 6/16-29)

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June 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office, Wednesday, released a backlogged report on arrests and incident spanning from June 16th through the 29th. From most recent to the earliest dates:

  • On Tuesday, June 29th: 27-year-old Holly Sue Warta, of ElkHorn, NE., who was being held in the Pott. County Jail serving a short term, was presented with a warrant for Driving While License Suspended or revoked. She continues to serve her jail time; 42-year-old Ralph Randall Campbell was taken into custody at the Pott. County Sheriff’s Office, Tuesday, on a warrant for Violation of Probation. He was arrested after turning himself-in.
  • On Monday, June 28th: 35-year-old Rachel Suzanne McDaniel was taken into custody at around 9:05-p.m., following a traffic stop for failure to use headlights. She was arrested for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender; 38-year-old Justin M. Anthony was arrested at around 2-a.m. Monday in Council Bluffs, for OWI/1st offense and Open Container – Driver. He was pulled over after the SUV Anthony was driving was seen a church parking lot. When a Deputy pulled into the parking lot, the SUV took off at a high rate of speed and led the Deputy on a brief pursuit.
  • On June 26th: 50-year-old Donald Odell, Jr.,  was arrested near Crescent, for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender; 54-year-old Steven Lee McKeighan was arrested following a traffic stop in Council Bluffs. He was charged with OWI/1st offense.
  • On the 25th: A Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested 28-year-old Ryan Mitchell Hainline on I-29 near Honey Creek. He was charged with OWI/2nd offense; 37-year-old Erasmus Luis Gonzalez was arrested in Council Bluffs, for being a Fugitive from Justice. He had turned himself-in to the S/O prior to be arrested; 24-year-old Brennan Joseph Carter was arrested June 25th near McClelland, on an OWI charge; 41-year-old Jeffrey S. Peters was arrested for being a Fugitive from Justice, after a Deputy observed suspicious activity at a fireworks tent on the Fareway Store lot on McKenzie Ave., in Council Bluffs.
  • June 24th: 31-year-old Codey Thomas Thramer, of Red Oak, was served at the Pott. County Jail with a warrant for Failure to Pay Child Support.
  • June 23rd: A 17-year-old male was arrested at his residence in Council Bluffs, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of Marijuana/1st offense. He was referred to law enforcement after his mother took paraphernalia from the teen; 22-year-old Chase Zachary Stewart was arrested June 23rd following a traffic stop in the Crescent area. He was charged with OWI/1st offense.
  • On June 22nd: 31-year-old Darell C. Richards was arrested at the Casey’s Store in Crescent, after a Pott. County Deputy saw a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle with a reckless driver. Richards was charged with OWI/1st offense, and cited for Failure to Provide proof of insurance, failure to have a valid driver’s license, and operating a non-registered vehicle;  38-year-old Joseph Daniel McNeal, of Council Bluffs was served with a warrant on June 22nd, for Violation of Probation. McNeal was being held in the Pott. County Jail at the time. His total bond amounts to $12,300.
  • On the 21st: 42-year-old Derek Lynn Driver was arrested in Minden, following a traffic stop. Driver was charged with OWI/1st offense.
  • On June 20th: 44-year-old Christopher Julius Zepeda, of St. Paul, MN., was arrested at Arrowhead Park near Neola, after he allegedly assaulted a woman. Zepeda was charged with Domestic Abuse Assault, Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order, and for being a Fugitive from Justice.
  • June 19th: A Pott. County Deputy was dispatched to Walnut, with regard to a disturbance. 45-year-old Eric D. Gillpatrick and 68-year-old Michael D. Gillpatrick were arrested on charges of Assault Causing Bodily Injury or mental illness/Without intent; 22-year-old Gavin McCall Knight was arrested June 19th in Council Bluffs, for Domestic Abuse Assault 1st offense/Causing injury.
  • On the 18th: A Pott. County Jail inmate, 27-year-old Dalton Luis-Marciano Rocha, of Council Bluffs, was served with warrants for Ongoing Criminal Conduct and Theft in the 2nd Degree. The Second warrant was for Criminal Trespass/1st Offense; another inmate, 21-year-old Noah Ethan Stout, of Council Bluffs, was served with a warrant for Sex Offender Registry Requirement Violation; 34-year-old Dannielle Nicole Gaudreau was arrested during a traffic stop in Council Bluffs. She was charged with Failure to Appear and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia; 36-year-old Diana Lynn Seefus was arrested in Council Bluffs on June 18th, for No Valid Driver’s License and OWI/2nd offense.
  • On June 17th: 27-year-old Calum Christian Stoltzfus was arrested following a traffic stop in Crescent. He was charged with OWI/1st offense; 27-year-old Jake Jacky was arrested following a traffic stop in Oakland, and charged with Driving While License Suspended or Revoked; 20-year-old Noah Donald Groves, of Council Bluffs, was served at the Pott. County Jail, with a Platte County, Nebraska warrant for being a Fugitive from Justice. Two people were arrested June 17th following a traffic stop in Council Bluffs that resulted in a pursuit. Authorities say 29-year-old Toriann M. Russ was charged with Eluding while exceeding the speed limit by more than 25mph, Open Container – Driver, Reckless Driving, Leaving the Scene of an Accident/Failure to provide aid and/or information, Carrying a weapon while intoxicated, and OWI/1st offense. A passenger in the pickup, 35-year-old Ach-Sah Rosohundra Hyche, was charged with Interference with Official Acts and Carrying a weapon/transport in a vehicle.
  • And, on June 16th, a welfare check on a juvenile male resulted in the arrest of his father, 27-year-old Damion James Sadler, on a hold for another law enforcement agency.

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Weather charts show good pheasant forecast

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June 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The D-N-R wildlife biologist who tracks pheasant numbers says the winter and spring weather should offset each other to set up for a good fall season. Todd Bogenschutz uses a model of bird survival based on past weather information. He says the winter was mixed for pheasants. “The northwest part of the state had relatively normal to just slightly below normal winter. The eastern third definitely had more snow than normal. The southeast had several ice layers, and in January and February, I was told humans could walk on top of it without breaking through,” Bogenschutz says.

He says the drought conditions actually help pheasants this spring during nesting.He says a dry spring is usually good for the birds.  Bogenschutz says the number of birds will vary by region. He says they should be good in the northwest part of the state and not so good in the eastern part of the state — so he expects the overall numbers should be as good or better than last year. Bogenschutz says the hatch is over and he’s already been hearing reports of birds. He says he’s had reports recently of young pheasants up the size of a meadowlark — which is about what he would expect.

Bogenschutz says they will know for sure how well the pheasants have fared when they do their August roadside survey.

New ambulance ready to roll in Cumberland

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June 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

Cumberland Fire and Rescue Chief Brad Penton, Tuesday, posted on social media that their new ambulance has arrived, decked out in bold. vivid colors. Penton said “We would like to thank the everyone in the community for your continued support throughout the past few years for the donations.”

He offered “Special thanks to the following businesses that sealed the deal on making this purchase happen—Cumberland Telephone Company, 21st Century Coop, Houghton State Bank and JBG Farm Corporation. Without everyone’s help, large purchases like this are very difficult to make.”

Photo via Cumberland Fire and Rescue Facebook page.

 

UPS moving into new $10.2 million facility at Eastern Iowa Airport

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June 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A new, 10-point-two million dollar cargo facility at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids has officially opened. United Parcel Service has signed a 10-year lease on the nearly 40-thousand square facility and will use it to sort and distribute U-P-S packages. U-P-S has been operating at the Cedar Rapids airport since 1983. It will be moving out of a facility that’s about one-fifth the size of the new cargo handling area.

Construction on the new facility on the west side of the Eastern Iowa Airport began in 2019 and was financed with state and federal grants as well as money from the Cedar Rapids airport’s commission.

Omaha Man Sentenced to 37 Months in Prison for Gun Charge

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June 30th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA – A Nebraska man was sentenced Tuesday by United States District Court Judge Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger to 37 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for knowingly possessing a firearm as a prohibited person.

According to court documents, on May 17, 2020, Matthew C. Banfield, age 36, of Omaha, was in possession of a Springfield 45 caliber handgun. Banfield fired the weapon at various stationary targets in a rural location located in Pottawattamie County. Prior to this date, Banfield had been convicted of a felony. During his possession of the firearm, Banfield knew he was a prohibited person based on his prior felony convictions. Banfield pleaded guilty to the gun charge on January 8, 2021.

Acting United States Attorney Richard D. Westphal of the Southern District of Iowa made the announcement.
The Council Bluffs Police Department, Omaha Police Department, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the United States Marshals Southern Iowa Fugitive Task Force investigated the case.

Group offers to buy Milford airport, convert it to sports complex

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June 29th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – A group called the “Spirit of Okoboji” is offering half a million dollars to buy the Milford airport and redevelop the land into a sports complex. Milford Mayor Steve Anderson says an airport is an important asset for the community. “Can we move the airport? If we can, can we get state funds? Can we get federal funds? Does it all have to be done individually by the city or can this be done with a private group? All those things are being evaluated,” he says.

The airport is owned by the City of Milford and managed by the city’s airport commission. The property is a mile northwest of Milford’s central business district. Anderson says city and county officials are reviewing options to determine how viable the proposal from the Spirit of Okoboji group would be. “Looking at all the plans, looking at all the concepts,” he says. “There’s a lot of information coming out right now about how soon you can shut down an airport and is there an option of maybe doing this in baby steps.”

In May, an attorney for the Spirit of Okoboji told Milford’s City Council that the group would like to develop baseball and soccer fields as well as volleyball and basketball courts on the airport property that could tournaments to Milford.

Lottery smashes records as people play during pandemic

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June 29th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – The Iowa Lottery has broken several records already with one month remaining in the fiscal year. Lottery CEO, Matt Strawn, says the amount of money turned over to the state set one of the records. “Through May, the Iowa Lottery produced nearly 95 million dollars in proceeds. This represents a 30 percent increase in year-over-year proceeds performance,” Strawn says.

Strawn says the proceeds are well past the record $92.8 million for a full 12-month fiscal year. “These record proceeds are the result of Lottery sales that have surpassed 400 million dollars for the first time in the Lottery’s 36 years,” according to Strawn. “Through the first 11 months of the fiscal year, Iowa Lottery sales totaled 417-million-183-thousand-750 dollars. This represents a 24.5% increase in year-over-year lottery sales performance. This also eclipses the previous 12-month record for lottery sales — which was $390.8 million in F-Y 19.”

Strawn says prize payouts increased along with sales. “Through May, players won prizes totalling 265-million-864-thousand- 725 dollars. This pace has already surpassed the record $241.9 million in prizes that were paid to players in F-Y 19,” Strawn says.

Strawn says the pandemic is behind the massive increase in sales. “When Iowans found lottery tickets as a safe local entertainment option as they spent considerably more time at home. We of course anticipate that as consumer behaviour continues to normalize — Iowa Lottery sales in the coming years and in the immediate future — will return to more modest growth,” he says.

The increase in sales was driven by the sale of scratch tickets — which has surpassed 300 million dollars through May.

ISU study: Losing sleep may mean missing critical details during interviews

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June 29th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – An Iowa State University study finds a person who is sleep deprived may not give as much information during an interview with law enforcement, whether that person is a suspect or a potential witness. I-S-U psychology professor Zlatan Krizan says about 140 volunteers were questioned for the study, half got a regular night’s sleep while the other half lost up to eight hours of sleep over two days.

“What we saw is that sleep deprived individuals reported fewer pieces of that critical information regardless of whatever crime they disclosed about,” Krizan says. “If you count up those individual pieces, it ended up being about 7% less which, when you think of the numerous interviews conducted in the field, even for a single case, it really adds up to a significant amount.” As part of the study, participants were asked to disclose past criminal activity based on a list of 20 crimes, things ranging from transporting fireworks and trespassing to shoplifting and driving under the influence.

They were then questioned about the most severe crimes — underage drinking, experimenting with illegal drugs and driving under the influence were the most common ones. Those who had less sleep were not as motivated to recall information or found doing so required more effort. Krizan says the F-B-I provided a grant for the research. “There’s a branch of the Department of Justice that’s really interested in how can we effectively and ethically get accurate information,” Krizan says.

“Keep in mind, in a lot of contexts, it’s not about getting a confession, it’s about getting information that you can check, that you can verify, that you can act on.” The study is one of the first to look at how sleep affects behavior during interrogations or interviews. Krizan’s study is published in the academic journal SLEEP.