The Guthrie County Sheriff’s Office reports a man from Dallas County was arrested on numerous charges Saturday morning, in Stuart. Guthrie County dispatch received a call at around 5:05-a.m., from a woman who locked herself and her eight-month old child in a vehicle, with the woman’s boyfriend banging on the windows. When a Deputy arrived, the woman explained she and her boyfriend, 33-year-old Triston Michael Ladwig, of Waukee, had gotten into a verbal argument earlier in the morning, so she came to the home of her mother, in Stuart.

Triston Michael Ladwig (Guthrie Co. S/O photo)

She had called 911 earlier that same morning, because Ladwig allegedly broke into the house and that he had left. The man returned though, and allegedly caused about $300 damage to the exterior back door and interior bedroom door. He also allegedly took her cell phone when she tried to call 911. A mutual friend had dropped Triston Ladwig off at the residence, and was still in the driveway. When Triston reportedly left on foot with the woman’s phone, she locked herself-into the friend’s vehicle and used their phone to call 911.

Eventually, Ladwig was located back inside the residence, and was taken into custody. He admitted to using force to enter the residence and to taking the phone from his girlfriend. He also admitted the residence was not his, and that he did not belong there. Ladwig faces charges that include:

• Domestic Abuse
• Burglary in the 2nd Degree
• Theft in the 3rd Degree
• Child Endangerment
• Obstruction of Emergency Communications, and
• Criminal Mischief in the 5th Degree.

He was released from the Guthrie County Jail July 5th, on a $9,000 surety bond.