The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports two arrests from the past week. On Nov. 15th, 43-year old Patrick Lee Karnes, of Des Moines, was arrested by Stuart Police for Theft in the 5th Degree, for allegedly stealing two bottles of alcohol and a sweatshirt, from the Stuart Kum-and-Go Store. He was also charged with Violation of a No Contact Order. Karnes was released the following day from the Adair County Jail, on his Own Recognizance.

And, Saturday night (Nov. 21st), 63-year old Jeffrey Allen Jennings, of West Des Moines, was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol, for OWI/1st offense. His arrest followed an investigation into an accident, whereby Jennings’ vehicle crashed into a high tension cable barrier off westbound I-80, near mile marker 88. Jennings admitted to drinking three Bloody Mary’s earlier in the evening. He refused to take a breath test at the Adair County Jail, and was held on Sunday afternoon and then released on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.