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Adair County Sheriff’s report (7/15) – Adair County man arrested on drug & weapons charges

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July 15th, 2019 by Ric Hanson

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports three arrests. Saturday afternoon, 43-year old Scott William Richard Funke, of Greenfield, was arrested for Violation of a No Contact Order, Possession of a Controlled Substance; Gathering where controlled substances are used, and 2 counts of Felon in control of a Firearm in a domestic situation. He was being held in the Adair County Jail on a total of $17,300 bond, with the 300 for a Dallas County arrest warrant.

When Deputies went to serve Funke with an active arrest warrant, a woman from De Soto who is under the protection of a court order, was observed within the same garage as Funke. Both knew a Protection Order was in-place. Funke had been arrested in the past for Violation of the same Order.  During the execution of a search warrant at his residence, a safe was located. Inside was 36 rounds of .9-millimeter Luger FC ammunition, and a .32-caliber H&R revolver. Funke’s conviction for Domestic Abuse prohibits him from possessing ammunition and firearms.

And, Funke was found to be in possession and claimed possession of, a small, re-sealable baggie that contained a substance that field tested presumptive positive for meth. A separate baggie of meth was in plain view on the floor, between a bed and night stand. Funke also acknowledged there was drug paraphernalia in the garage.

The Sheriff reports also, 42-year old Justin Colby Pruitt, of Hiwasse, Arkansas, was arrested early Saturday morning by Greenfield Police at Ridgeview Park in Greenfield, for OWI/2nd offense. Pruitt was cited and released from the scene.

And, on July 10th, 51-year old Ramon Guerrero Gonzalez, of Des Moines, was arrested by an Iowa State Patrol Trooper in Adair County, on an Adair County warrant for OWI/1st offense. Gonzalez was being held in the Adair County Jail until he completed his 48-hour sentence. He was released the following day on a Recognizance bond.