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2 arrested on Adair County warrants last week

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June 9th, 2025 by Ric Hanson

(Greenfield, Iowa) – Two men were arrested on separate Adair County warrants, last week. Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater reports 36-year-old Nicholas Allan Newcomb, of Des Moines, was arrested at around 12:10-a.m., Thursday (June 5th) at the Polk County Jail, on an Adair County warrant for Contempt of Court/Violation of a No Contact/Protective Order. Newcomb was held in the Adair County Jail until he served his required sentence and was released later that same day.

At around 12:40-p.m. Thursday, Adair County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 27-year-old Francisco Alberto Salazar Barragan, of West Point, NE., on an Adair County Bench Warrant for Violation of Probation. Salazar-Barragan was being held without bond pending an appearance in Adair County District Court.