An overnight pursuit in a suburb of Des Moines has resulted in the deaths of three young men and injuries to two others. KCCI says according to Clive Police,  the incident started around 1:50 a.m. in the 3700 block of Patricia Drive when officers received a report of a someone going through a homeowner’s vehicle. The caller was able to relay a license plate number from a fleeing vehicle to police. Authorities stated the plate was listed as a stolen vehicle from Urbandale. Both Urbandale and Clive officers spotted the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop.

The driver fled from the attempted stop on 86th Streetat a high rate of speed. The pursuit continued south on 86th Street into Clive with speeds topping 100 mph. A Police news release said “As the vehicle crossed the railroad tracks at Swanson Blvd, the vehicle lost control and left the west side of the roadway. The car flipped several times, collided with a light pole, and launched across Walnut Creek, striking the south bank and coming to rest at the edge of the parking lot of the Cool Basil restaurant.”

Officers found multiple occupants ejected from the vehicle at the scene. Those same Officers provided lifesaving measures while awaiting help from medics. Three of the crash victims died at the scene, two others were transported to local hospitals. Their condition has not been released. No identities have been released. Clive police said the incident remains under investigation.

(Updated) The Creston Police Department reports a man was arrested on warrants at around 2:23-a.m., Sunday. Authorities say 49-year-old Michael Williams, of Creston, was arrested in the 300 block of W. Adams on Union County Warrants for:

• Failure to Appear on the original charge of Violation of Probation. Bond amount $5,000, and,
• Failure to Appear on the original charge of Domestic Abuse Assault- Impeding Air Flow. Bond Amount $10,000.

Williams was additionally charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance 1st Offense. He was being held in the Union County Jail on a total bond on all charges, of $16,000. And, at around 10:35-a.m. Friday, 28-year-old Cody Hatfield, of Creston, was arrested at the Creston Police Department, on a Union County Warrant for Violation of Probation.  Hatfield was later released on $10,000 bond.

And, at around 3:40-a.m. on Jan. 4th, Creston Police were dispatched to Quik Pawn at 101 W Taylor St, for a commercial burglary alarm. Upon Officer’s arrival they discovered structural damage to the building and multiple items taken. Additional information was not provided.

(Mike Moen/Iowa News Service) DES MOINES, Iowa — As the new Iowa legislative session kicks off today, advocates for seniors hope lawmakers take another look at elder abuse and do more to prevent it. When the 2020 session abruptly ended in March because of COVID, the momentum evaporated for a bill to create a new criminal offense for financial exploitation and other harms against Iowans age 60 and older. The bill had cleared the state Senate, but didn’t get a vote in the House.

Anthony Carroll, associate state director of advocacy for AARP Iowa, said the current statute doesn’t cover a lot of ground, and this provision could stem a prevalent way in which elders are targeted. “It’s not the ‘stranger-danger’ or scams,” Carroll explained. “It’s more oftentimes the danger that can exist within your home; people that you’ve entrusted with your finances and care that have used that opportunity to physically abuse and financially exploit.”

The measure won unanimous support when it cleared the Senate last spring, but Carroll admitted because it’s a new session, advocates have to start over to gain support and get committee hearings. He acknowledged that might be difficult, since lawmakers still have to address pandemic-related matters. The legislation would also direct the Department on Aging to collect and store data on these incidents. Carroll pointed out in a report from last year, the Department of Human Services confirmed more than 50% of reported cases weren’t accepted for follow-up.
“We have a very narrow system that really only stops elder abuse in very specific situations,” Carroll contended.

Supporters of the bill said they fear the situation has gotten worse with so many older people isolated right now because of the pandemic. The previous bill had the backing of many law enforcement groups, financial institutions and long-term care associations.

Three people, two adults and a child, were injured Sunday afternoon, during a collision between a car and a pickup, in Warren County. The Iowa State Patrol reports a 2008 Ford Fusion was westbound on Scotch Road at around 4:15-p.m., when the vehicle slowed and/or stopped. Part of the vehicle was in the traveled portion of the roadway. A 2016 RAM pickup was also westbound in the same area. The driver of the pickup, 32-year-old David Lee Abell, III, of Chariton, told authorities he was reaching for a tablet to give a child in the vehicle, and did not see the car before the collision.

The impact caused the car to skid off into the south ditch and overturn before coming to rest on its wheels. The driver of the Fusion, 69-year old Janet Rae Charron, of Des Moines, who was not wearing a seat belt, was transported by ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Abell, and an 18-month old child in his vehicle, were both transported by ambulance to Methodist Hospital, in Des Moines. David Abell was not wearing a seat belt, but the child was properly restrained.

(Radio Iowa) – An apparent murder-suicide in Webster County over the weekend. The Webster County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a home in Vincent for a welfare check around 1:45 Saturday afternoon. Upon arrival, deputies found 69-year-old Allen D. Will and 67-year-old Karen E. Will both dead in the residence. Investigators on the scene determined that Karen Will died of a gunshot wound and Allen Will died of a self inflicted gunshot wound. Both have been transported to the Iowa State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy.