DES MOINES, Iowa — A 12-hour standoff in Des Moines has come to an end, after a tactical team used tear gas and pepper spray to force the barricaded shooter out of his home. KCCI reports the first shots were fired Saturday morning about 2:45 in the 2700 block of Sampson Street. The station says Des Moines Police say at least two homes on the opposite side of the street from the shooter were hit by gun shots. The suspected shooter, 37-year-old David Harbold, was taken into custody at around 2:45 p.m.”

Crisis negotiators spent more than six hours communicating with Harbold in an attempt to get him to surrender. Eventually, the tactical team gave an ultimatum. Harbold went to the door, still holding a gun, but was arrested by awaiting officers.

Harbold has been charged with two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon and one count of interference with official acts with a dangerous weapon. Investigators have not determined a motive for the shooting or whether the homes were specifically targeted.

Des Moines– The Iowa Department of Corrections reports 29-year-old Tony Rivers, who was convicted of Robbery 2nd Degree and other crimes in Polk County, failed to report to work from the Fort Des Moines facility as required, Friday.

Rivers is a Black male, height 5′ 9″, and weighs 173  pounds. He was admitted to the Fort Des Moines work release facility on 04/01/2021.

Tony Rivers

Persons with information on Rivers’s whereabouts should contact local police.

Adair County Sheriff Jeff Vandewater, Saturday, issued a report on arrests from the past week. The Sheriff said that on Friday, June 25th, 41-year-old Elijah Daniel Davis, of Fontanelle, who was arrested June 22nd in Florida and extradited to Iowa in connection with a fatal, May 8, 2020 crash near Orient, was released on a $25,000 cash or surety bond. Davis faces felony charges that include Homicide by Vehicle/Operating Under the Influence, and Child Endangerment. He was arrested June 10th in Ft, Meyers, FL, thanks to the collaborative efforts of multiple agencies, and members of the U.S. Marshals Service Florida/Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force.

Late Friday morning, 42-year-old Jason L. Rhea, of Grand Island, NE., was arrested by the Iowa State Patrol on I-80 in Adair County, at mile marker 94. He was pulled over after numerous reports to 911 about a vehicle unable to maintain lanes or speeds. During an investigation, authorities say Rhea admitted to having used methamphetamine earlier in the week, and that he had also used marijuana. A search of his vehicle resulted in the recovery of needles, other drug paraphernalia, a seven-gram package of THC flour, and other items. Rhea was arrested on charges that include: OWI/1st Offense; Possession of a Controlled Substance/Marijuana – 2nd offense, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Bond was set at $1,000.

On June 22nd, 42-year-old Joleen Mary Most, of Carbon, was arrested at the Adams County Jail, on an Adair County warrant for Failure to Appear on a Driving While Barred charge. Her cash/surety bond was set at $2,000.

On June 20th, 18-year-old Lacey Ray Breece, of Greenfield, was arrested by Greenfield Police, for Domestic Assault – a serious misdemeanor, in connection with an incident at the Greenfield Park Apartments. She was released a short time later on a recognizance bond. And, 30-year-old Marcellino Osorri Rodriguez, of Bell, CA., was arrested following a traffic stop in Stuart at around 12:30-a.m. on June 20th.

He was taken into custody for Interference with Officials Acts, after allegedly resisting officers’ attempts to take him into custody. He was also charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, and Possession of a Controlled Substance/Meth, and cited for Open Container. Rodriguez was released the following day on a $1,300 cash/surety bond.

(Update 4:15-p.m) The Crawford County Sheriff’s Office reports a missing Denison girl has been found safe! She was located after an extensive search that began at around 10-a.m., Saturday. They added on a social media post, “Thanks to everyone involved. God bless you for your prayers and help.” A search party was quickly formed that eventually grew to nearly 700, both first responders and volunteers. Aircraft were used, along with drones employing heat-seeking gear and dozens of people on ATVs and even on horseback scoured Crawford County for the girl. She was found Saturday afternoon, some 20 hours later, hiding under a bed in her own house. It’s still unclear how long she’d been there, or if she’d been there all along.

Original post follows:

Authorities say on Friday 06-25-21 at about 8:53 pm, the Crawford County Communications Center received a call about a missing girl from 129 Oak Ridge Drive. Law Enforcement responded and were advised that Mackenzie Godden also known as “Kensie,” a white female approximately 6 years of age, last seen wearing a maroon unicorn shirt and grey pants had walked away from her residence at about 7:00 pm.

All of the Fire Departments in Crawford County responded to assist with the search as well as Crawford County EMA, Shelby County EMA, and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.

Mackenzie was not located during the search late into the night.

w/ Chris Parks

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The Council Bluffs Police Department reports an accident occurred on Friday night at the I-80 eastbound entrance ramp at Highway 6 involving a tractor-trailer and vehicle. At 6:44 p.m. Officers responded to the scene and determined that the tractor trailer had mistakenly taken the Highway 6 exit and was attempting to get right back on the interstate. As the semi was traveling across the traffic lanes of Highway 6 it broadsided a vehicle that was traveling northbound. The northbound lanes of Highway 6 were shut down while the accident was investigated.

The driver of the vehicle was taken to UNMC in Omaha for treatment of unknown injuries. The accident is being investigated by the Council Bluffs Police Department Traffic Unit and no names are being released at this time.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Friday, signed a new Public Health Disaster proclamation that extends some regulatory relief for an additional 30 days, sunsetting other provisions.  The proclamation also continues to extend the waivers on transportation restrictions for overweight loads.

The proclamation can found online here. 

A Ringgold County man was arrested Friday in connection with an incident that took place Wednesday, in Redding. The Ringgold County Sheriff’s Office reports 37-year-old Jeffrey Robert Overholser, of Redding, was arrested at around 11-a.m., for Assault Causing Injury.

Jeffrey Overholser

Overholser appeared before a magistrate and was released after posting bond.

(Radio Iowa) – The U-S Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that now leaves open an option for refineries to apply for blending exemptions for renewable fuels. The executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Monte Shaw, says the ruling is disappointing.

“A really backward reading of agency discretion, saying that because it might be read this way they have to read it this way….in all the work we’ve done, I’ve never had a court take that approach,” Shaw says. He says the worst part of the ruling is it keeps the issue alive.

“You can’t extend something you don’t have — and if the majority would have seen it that way — then the refinery exemption nightmare would have been over, because I think you’d be down to only two or three refineries that could even apply,” according to Shaw. Shaw says the positive side is this only part of the lower court ruling and the rest still stands.

“There are very strict criteria to get a refinery exemption from the R-F-S, and if those provisions are properly enforced, then the vast majority of these applications will be denied,” Shaw says.
The Supreme Court ruling overturned the lower court ruling that refineries have to have a history of receiving Renewable Fuel Standard blending exemptions to apply for an extension of an exemption.