Page County Sheriff Lyle Palmer reports that on Monday morning, his deputies assisted in escorting an unruly person from the District Court room and the Page Courthouse. The incident took place during a hearing. Palmer says a district court judge ordered 38-year-old Matthew Sherman Olson, of rural Coin, to be removed, during a protection order hearing, because he became agitated and angered over the events, and the outcome of the hearing.

Shortly after Olson was removed from the Courtroom and Courthouse due to his behavior, he allegedly violated the protection order and harassed the protected party. Clarinda Police Department handled the alleged violations as the protected party lives in the city limits of Clarinda. Warrants were issued by a Page County Magistrate for Olson’s arrest.
Olson contacted the Sheriff’s Office and threatened to shoot anyone that came to his door. After several attempts to negotiate Olson’s surrender, the Iowa State Patrol Tactical team was called for assistance.

Matthew S. Olson

A perimeter around Olson’s residence had been set by the Page County Sheriff’s Office with portions of the roadway being blocked by the Page County Secondary Roads Department. This was done prior to the arrival of the Iowa State Patrol Tactical team.

After several hours of negotiations and Olson displaying a long gun outside of the residence, Olson exited his residence unarmed and surrendered to Law Enforcement at approximately 7:35 PM. Olson was transported to the Page County Jail where he is currently being held on No bond for the Violation of the protection order. He also currently has a charge of Harassment 1st Degree with a bond of $2000.00. Both of these charges were filed with the court by the Clarinda Police Department. More charges from this incident will be filed today on Olson.

The Page County Sheriff’s Office was assisted with this incident by the Clarinda Police Department, the Page County Secondary Roads, the Clarinda Ambulance Service, and the Iowa State Patrol.