Corning man arrested Friday for OWI following a Dec. 2024 accident investigation

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January 26th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Red Oak, Iowa) – An investigation Friday into a single-vehicle accident that took place last month in Montgomery County, resulted the arrest of an Adams County man. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office reports 31-year-old Devon Briggs, from Corning, was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following the investigation into an accident that occurred December 13th on Highway 34 near Highway 71, in Montgomery County.  Separately, the Sheriff’s office said 38-year-old Ryan Wells, of Bronson, KS, was arrested Saturday, on an active Montgomery County warrant. Wells was being held in the Montgomery County Jail for OWI/3rd offense.

Police in Red Oak report 29-year-old Alec Thomas, of Red Oak, was arrested Saturday in Red Oak, for OWI/1st offense. Thomas was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 bond. Red Oak Police said also, no injuries were reported and no citations were issued, following a collision Friday afternoon in the parking lot of Woodland Apartment complex. Vehicles driven by 50-year-old Jill Schaefer, and 55-year-old Linda Bradway, both of Red Oak, collided at around 3:55-p.m. as Bradway was backing out of a parking slot. Police say with her vision obstructed, Bradway failed to see a Ford F-150 pickup driven by Schaefer, that was traveling north through the parking lot. Bradway’s 2011 Ford Focus struck the pickup on the rear passenger side, causing a police-estimated total of $3,500 damage. Both vehicles were driven from the scene.