(Greenfield, Iowa) – Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Monday, released a report on arrests and incidents from the past week. On Dec. 26th, 51-year-old Ronald Lynn Becker, of Carroll, was arrested at the Adair County Jail for Violation of a No Contact Order issued out of Carroll County, after the protected party with whom he had text message conversations with, in violation of the order, brought him glasses per his request. Becker remains in the Adair County Jail until his sentence is served.

On Dec. 28th, 41-year-old Nicole Renee Lainhart, of Middletown, OH., was arrested on Interstate 80 in Adair County, by the Iowa State Patrol, after her SUV was seen speeding near mile-marker 92 eastbound. The vehicle was clocked on radar at 91 mph. When her vehicle was pulled over, the Trooper noticed the smell of marijuana coming from the SUV. A subsequent investigation resulted in a Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 1st offense, charge. Lainhart was released later that evening from the Adair County Jail, on a $1,000 cash or surety bond.

Also arrested Dec. 28th by the Iowa State Patrol, was 54-year-old Eric Dwayne Pittman, of Clear Lake. He was taken into custody near Stuart, for Eluding, and Theft in the 1st Degree, for allegedly driving a stolen pickup truck. The vehicle, a Ford F350 was registered to a leasing company out of Nebraska, and was being tracked by GPS. When it was located at the I-80 rest area, the driver (Pittman) took-off westbound in the rest area parking lot, did a U-turn and began traveling eastbound.

The vehicle then went onto I-80 westbound heading in an easterly direction. The resulting pursuit reached speeds of up to 95 mph. In the process, the pickup narrowly missed colliding with several vehicles that were traveling westbound. The chase eventually crossed back into the eastbound lanes and continued east until it was near the Stuart exit, at which point it exited, ran a stop sign, and turned north onto County Road P-28. Pittman entered the Casey’s parking lot in Stuart and gave himself up. He told authorities he ran because he was warrants and was on a suspended release on a Theft in the 1st degree, charge. He was additionally charged with Driving While Suspended. Pittman remains in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 cash or surety bond.

On Dec. 29th, 45-year-old Christopher Lee Lindberg, of Stuart, was arrested by Greenfield Police, for Violation of a No Contact Order, after he allegedly sent text messages to a protected female party. He was released from the Adair County Jail that same day on a $300 cash or surety bond.

And, as we previously reported, 57-year-old Charles Raymond Bradshaw, II, of Jefferson, was arrested Dec. 30th after he was shot in both arms by an Adair County Deputy, following a pursuit and the alleged firing and displaying of a weapon. A black .9mm handgun and a spent shell casing was found during a search of the vehicle, along with a substance believed to be meth.

Bradshaw had previously been convicted on a felony drug charges in Missouri. He remains in the Adair County Jail on a $10,000 cash/surety bond on the Adair County charges, plus $2,000 bond on charges out of Greene County. His Adair County charges include: Driving Under Suspension; Reckless Driving; Eluding with Injury, OWI, Drugs or participating in a Felony; Felon in control of a firearm; Speeding; Operating a vehicle without registration; Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a controlled substance/2nd offense.