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3 arrests, 1 cow hit in Adams County

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December 28th, 2020 by Ric Hanson

The Adams County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests and one recent accident. Authorities say 21-year-old Phillip Currin, of Corning, was arrested at around 2:40-a.m. Sunday, for OWI/1st offense. He was taken into custody following an investigation into an accident, whereby Currin was westbound on Highway 34 at mile marker 63, when he lost control of his vehicle, which rolled into the south ditch. Corning Fire Department personnel assisted Adams County Deputies at the scene.

At around 4-p.m. Sunday, Adams County Dispatch received a report a vehicle had struck a cow on the road near the Adams/Taylor County line. The driver, 19-year-old Ryan Maeder, from Corning, was not injured, and the cow was able to walk-off under its own power.

Late last Thursday morning, Adams County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Highway 34 at Ginko Avenue. Upon further investigation, 39-year-old Cory L. Sanford, of Osceola, was arrested for Driving While Barred, and Speeding. He was transported to the Adams County Jail. And, just before 1-a.m. Wednesday, 26-year-old Kevin Anthony Harden, of Des Moines, was arrested following a traffic stop on Highway 25, in Adams County. Harden was pulled over for having no front headlight. He was subsequently arrested on a Union County warrant for Theft.

Harden was transported to the Adams/Union County line and turned over to Union County Sheriff’s Deputies.