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Adair County Sheriff’s report, 5/19/25

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May 19th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield, Iowa) – The Adair County Sheriff’s Office reports three arrests occurred over the past week. At around 3:10-a.m. Saturday, 42-year-old Wade David Harris, of Stuart, was arrested in Stuart for OWI/1st offense. Harris’ vehicle was pulled over for speeding. Before it came to a stop, his pickup went over a curb on Adair Street and onto the grass, where it knocked-over a wooden post. An investigation determined Harris had consumed about a half-dozen beers prior to the traffic stop. Field Sobriety test results showed a Breath Alcohol level in excess of the legal .08-percent. Harris was released from the Adair County Jail later that day, on a $1,000 bond.

There were two arrests in Adair County on May 15th: 55-year-old Ronald Edward Smith, of Des Moines, turned himself-in on a Department of Corrections warrant out of Polk County for Violation of Parole, and was being held without bond; And, 40-year-old Christopher Coy Edwin Chaney, of Des Moines (& formerly of Fontanelle), was arrested at the Polk County Jail, on an Adair County warrant for Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order – Contempt of Court. Chaney was being held without bond in the Adair County Jail, until making an initial court appearance.