The Cass County Sheriff’s Office, today (Friday), released a report on arrests and accidents. On Thursday, July 22nd, Cass County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Jason Richard Tasto, of Marne, for OWI/1^st offense, and interference with official acts.  Tasto was being held in the Cass County Jail. And, on Tuesday, July 20th, 18-year-old Chance Eldon Kline, of Shenandoah, was arrested for public intoxication.  Kline was transported to Cass County Jail, later plead guilty, and was released.

There were two accidents in Cass County this past week. On Monday (July 19), at approximately 2:42 p.m., Cass County Deputies responded to an accident on 620^th St. and Lansing Road, near Atlantic.  Mauro De Avila, of Des Moines, was traveling north bound on 620^th St., driving a 2007 Volvo Dump-Truck, when he met a south bound 2011 Chevrolet Silverado Pick-up driven by Michael Louis Leeper, of Atlantic.  The vehicles met at the crest of a hill, sideswiped with the pick-up coming to rest in the ditch. No injuries were reported.

And, as we’ve previously reported, one person was seriously injured during a motorcycle accident that occurred on July 17th. Authorities say Cass County Deputies responded to the accident scene on the Lewis Road, between 580^th and Quincy Rd.  Officials say Andrew Jensen, of Atlantic, was riding a 2011 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound at around 5:21-p.m., when he failed to negotiate a curve and lost control.  Jensen was thrown from the motorcycle and landed in the ditch.  He was transported by EMS ground to Lewis, and then transported by EMS air to Des Moines Methodist Hospital.